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How to Push Your Baby Out
😩”No one told me how to PUSH!!” Common words after birth from #firsttimemom.👍🏻PUSHING is PHYSICS‼️Stack your diaphragm over your pelvic floor and push towards the extreme rectal pressure. That is your baby’s head causing the extreme rectal pressure. (Your baby does not come out of your rectum.) 🌹The vagina will open up downwards as baby head moves down and out, directly below your body. The vagina aligns itself directly under your diaphragm and pelvic floor. The baby’s head presses the colon and rectum closed upon delivery. 🚫Tucking your chin and curling over your baby holding your breath while someone counts to ten as you bare down is epidural pushing also known as “purple face pushing”. If you are curling over your baby or arching your back you are throwing off the force and pushing
For the birth biomechanics nerds here (🙋‍♀️), here’s a bit more background into my favorite side-lying pushing position (Side Lying IR/Internal Rotation) that we posted about the other day. ⏪ The pelvis is attached to the leg via soft tissues (muscles, ligaments...) so when we move the leg, we move the pelvis! So learning what movements create what types of space really empowers you as a birth pro to be VERY strategic in what you suggest. No longer do you need to reach into your ‘bag of tri...
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Get ready for labor by trying these stretches 🤰
Don't forget to save this reel! Did you try these? Let us know in the comments! | @raexnicole (IG)
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Second Trimester Birth Prep | Prepare your body for birth 🤰