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13 Best Labor and Birthing Positions

For nine months you prep and plan for baby’s arrival. You read books, watch videos and maybe even take a birthing class or two. But while movies and TV shows have led many of us to believe both labor and delivery happen while lying on your back with your legs spread wide, anyone who’s been through the experience will tell you it doesn’t have to play out that way.

There are actually a variety of labor positions you can assume during the first phases of childbirth and a whole other set that makes for good birthing positions when it’s time to push—and they don’t all call for you to be flat on your back. “Rotating between different labor and birthing positions is important to optimize conditions for the mom and baby,” says Sara Twogood, MD, an obstetrician gynecologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and author of Ladypartsblog.com. “For Mom, this could mean making her more comfortable, especially if she’s having a medication-free birth. It can also mean maximizing the space in her pelvis so baby has more room.”

Here’s a primer on some of the best labor and birthing positions to help you prepare for the big day.

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Best Labor Positions

The process of giving birth takes work (it’s not called “labor” for nothing). But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t find a way to be as comfortable as humanly possible. “Labor positions are used during the labor process to help ease discomfort, move the baby down through the pelvis and encourage optimal fetal positioning,” says Lindsey Bliss, a birth doula and co-director of Carriage House Birth in New York City. “If you end up choosing not to utilize drugs for pain management, labor positions are essential for easing discomfort.”

Active labor, the phase in which contractions come on strong, is often when things really start to hurt. But keep in mind that women don’t start pushing until the cervix is fully dilated—for some women, this happens quickly; for others, not so much. So as your body and baby prepare for delivery, there are several labor positions your doctor or midwife may suggest to get you to the pushing point more comfortably. “Labor and delivery nurses are usually really great at helping a woman move around, even with an epidural, to find the labor positions that feel best for them,” Twogood says. “I recommend women try out a number of positions during labor. Every woman and baby is different, and what works for one woman won’t be ideal for another.”

Check out some of the most common labor positions:

The hands and knees position

The all fours position calls for you to get down onto your hands and knees, either in bed or on a floor mat. “The hands and knees position is a great one, since it helps open the pelvis,” says Rebekah Wheeler, RN, CNM, is a certified nurse-midwife in the Bay Area, California. Adds Megan Cheney, MD, MPH, medical director of the Women’s Institute at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, “Sometimes baby’s heart rate responds better when you’re in the hands and knees position, especially if baby isn’t in the best spot. ”

Pros:

• Takes pressure off the spine, easing back pain
• May help boost baby’s oxygen level

Cons:

• Your arms may get tired

The sitting position

When you feel baby’s weight bearing down, you may just want to sit down—and that’s okay. Whether it’s in a birthing chair or even on a toilet, sitting and spreading your legs in this labor position can relieve some of the pressure on your pelvis.

Pros:

• Good for resting
• Can still be used with a fetal monitoring machine
• Sitting on a toilet relaxes the perineum, which can help reduce tearing

Cons:

• A hard toilet seat can become uncomfortable
• May not be an option if you’ve had high blood pressure during pregnancy

Birthing ball positions

Besides sitting on a birthing chair or toilet, you can also work the birthing ball into your labor positions. There are more than a few women who hail the prop as their BFF during labor and delivery. “Birthing balls provide support while you shift around,” Twogood says. “Women who want movement in their hips seem to find them helpful.” You can use a birthing ball in several ways: Some women sit or rock on it, lean against it or simply drape their upper bodies over it while kneeling. It can even be used as support while squatting. “I’m a huge fan,” Bliss says. “It’s great because women can continue bouncing and moving through the contractions even while being monitored.” Check beforehand to see if your hospital uses wireless fetal monitors; if not, you’ll be limited in how far you can move in these labor positions.

Pros:

• Can help move baby into a favorable birthing position
• Relieves back pressure
• Birthing ball labor positions can help encourage dilation and move baby deeper into the pelvis

Cons:

• Can be difficult to keep your balance
• Some birthing ball labor positions are difficult to do alone

The squatting position

Squats rarely top anyone’s list of favorite exercises, but on the day you give birth, you may want to give them a try as one of your labor positions. Squatting can be done against a wall or with the support of a chair or partner.

Pros:

• Helps open the pelvis
• Gives baby room to maneuver as they head toward the birth canal

Cons:

• May become tiring

The side-lying position

Lying on your side is one of the best labor positions to try when you need a rest. That said, just because you’re lying down doesn’t mean your body is taking a break from labor; on the contrary, it can actually help baby move into the ready position. “Side-lying and using a peanut-shaped birthing ball between the legs are wonderful tools for getting baby to descend and rotate,” Bliss says. “I encourage my clients to flip from side to side during the process to help baby come down and out.”

Pros:

• Helps get oxygen to baby
• Can be used if you have high blood pressure
• Makes it easier to relax during contractions

Cons:

• May be difficult to assess fetal heartbeat

The upright position

Gravity may not be your best friend during pregnancy, but you can make it work to your advantage during childbirth through upright labor positions. Whether you’re standing, walking or swaying, simply being vertical can get you closer to the finish line. “Walking can be helpful for women who are waiting for labor to progress,” Cheney says. Amy, a mother of two from Connecticut, found that to be the case. “I walked laps around the hospital wing to speed things up,” she says. Swaying while using another person as support is also a good way to work through labor. “Rocking your hips keeps baby moving lower and lower,” Wheeler says. (It’s also good for getting a final hug of support from your partner before the main event!) Here are some other things to consider when it comes to the upright position:

Pros:

• Relieves backaches
• Can make contractions less painful
• Encourages baby to move deeper into the birth canal

Cons:

• Not typically recommended for women with high blood pressure
• A telemetry unit is needed to continuously monitor the fetal heart rate

The lunging position

Doing lunges during labor may not sound like your idea of a good time, but lunging is one of the labor positions you may want to give a whirl. Unlike at the gym, you can put your foot up on a chair for these lunges: Simply lean your body forward onto the raised foot when you feel a contraction coming on. You can repeat it as many times as you want.

Pros:

• Helps baby rotate or descend
• Opens the pelvis, giving baby more room

Cons:

• Requires a partner to help you keep your balance

The stair-climbing position

If labor has been progressing nicely and then starts to slow down, baby might need extra encouragement to slip into the optimal position for birth. You may want to consider climbing stairs as one of your labor positions, since it can help baby shift.

Pros:

• Opens pelvis, allowing baby to drop farther and push on the cervix
• Helps baby rotate and get into a better birthing position

Cons:

• Can be tiring, especially if you’ve been in labor for a while

Best Birthing Positions

You’ve made it through the first stages of labor—congrats! Now it’s time to switch things up and assume birthing positions for the final stretch. “Birthing positions are used to push baby out,” Bliss says. Like labor positions, birthing positions don’t always equal lying on your back. In fact, “women who are in bed tend to experience more pain than women who move around,” Wheeler says. Here are some of the best birthing positions to try.

Squatting birth positions

Squats aren’t only great to do during labor, but they’re also among the popular birthing positions. Remember, when it comes to labor and delivery, gravity is on your side.

Pros:

• Decreases the need for certain delivery tools, like forceps or a vacuum
• Helps with dilation

Cons:

• Baby’s position may not be right for squatting
• Can lead to more tearing if done without a birthing stool or other aid

Reclining birth positions

Childbirth is hard work, and you might need to take a break—which is why many women opt for reclining birthing positions. Keep in mind, “reclining” can mean a number of things—yes, you can lie down in bed, but you can also recline against a wall, a chair or another person.

Pros:

• Can release tension and relax the muscles
• May be a good alternative if a woman is tired but doesn’t want to lie down completely

Cons:

• Can work against gravity

Birthing stool positions

A birthing stool can be used in a variety of birthing positions: Women can squat on it, get in the all fours position and use it to support the arms or even rock back and forth with it, depending on the design of the stool. Bonus: If you like the idea of a water birth, there are some birthing stool models that work in the water.

Pros:

• Can help baby move farther down
• Relieves stress on the back
• Can increase dilation of the cervix

Cons:

• Women may experience increased blood loss

Birthing bar positions

Call it the birthing stool’s cousin: The birthing bar is an attachment that can be added to many labor beds to help support birthing positions. With a birthing bar, you can sit up at any time and squat, leaning on the bar for support. “The birthing bar can be an awesome tool. You can wrap a towel on it to make it easier to use and switch positions,” Wheeler says. That proved to be true for Jennifer, a mom of two from Connecticut, who recalls that “after about two hours of pushing with no success, the birthing bar was put on the bed. It helped me get the resistance I needed to push to the point where the doctor could intervene.”

Pros:

• Expands the pelvis
• Uses gravity to push baby down

Cons:

• May not be available at all hospitals

Kneeling birth positions

If baby is facing Mom’s abdomen instead of her back, kneeling can help them turn to get into the proper position. Kneeling is one of the most popular birthing positions because it also gives mom a much-needed break.

Pros:

• Relieves pain of contractions
• Eases back pressure

Cons:

• May be difficult for continuous fetal monitoring

When it comes to labor and birthing positions, discuss all options with your doctor or midwife to land on the ones that will be most comfortable and practical for you. “Every baby and mom responds to positions differently. It’s the job of the labor assistant to help figure out what works best,” Wheeler says. Whichever labor and birthing positions you choose, it’ll all be worth it when baby is finally placed in your arms.

Expert bios:

Sara Twogood, MD, FACOG, is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Previously, she held a faculty appointment at USC Keck School of Medicine and practiced general OBGYN in an affiliated private practice. Twogood is also the author of Ladypartsblog.com, which covers topics relating to fertility and pregnancy, and the founder of FemEd, a program designed to empower females through health education.

Lindsey Bliss is a birth doula and co-founder of Carriage House Birth, a doula agency established in New York City in 2012 that now serves Los Angeles as well.

Rebekah Wheeler, RN, CNM, MPH, is a certified nurse-midwife in the Bay Area, California. She is the founder of the Malawi Women’s Health Collective, a small non-profit organization, and has served on the boards of the California Nurse-Midwifery Association, Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island and the Women’s Health and Education Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts. She holds a Master’s of Public Health and a Master’s of Science in Nursing from Yale University.

Megan Cheney, MD, MPH, is an ob-gyn and the medical director of the Women’s Institute at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her medical degree from University of Arizona College of Medicine in 2009.

Please note: The Bump and the materials and information it contains are not intended to, and do not constitute, medical or other health advice or diagnosis and should not be used as such. You should always consult with a qualified physician or health professional about your specific circumstances.

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Some data are difficult to account for the loss of working time, intra-shift downtime, which are practically recorded only in cases of their payment. All unpaid downtime of working time is difficult to detect, they are counted from time to time in the order of momentary observation, by photographing workplaces. The same can be said about equipment downtime. They are also measured using momentary observations. [c.376]

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The analytical-experimental method consists in determining labor standards based on the research of operations and measuring the cost of working time directly at the workplace after creating the production and organizational conditions designed in the regulations for productive work. The costs of working time are measured by the method of timekeeping and photographs of working time. This method is widely used in the organizations of transportation and storage of oil and oil products and gas to develop standards for the elements of operations, as well as to establish constant labor standards for frequently repeated operations. [c.75]

Documentation for taking photos of working time is a photo card and special observation sheets for it. There should be as many observation sheets as there are observations (usually at least three). Each of the entries in the observation sheets indicates either what the performer (performers) does at the workplace (receives a work order, performs preparatory and final work, operational work, etc. ), or what caused his inaction (waiting for a locksmith to repair, talking with a neighbor, etc.). [c.81]

At the final stage of photography, the actual balance of time is analyzed in detail and specific measures are developed to eliminate all, without exception, losses of working time that are the result of malfunctions in production and violations of labor discipline. Such an analysis and measures to eliminate the loss of working time will increase the duration of the main work and establish the necessary time spent on auxiliary and preparatory and final work, on servicing the workplace, as well as on the rest of the worker. [c.82]

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When studying the use of working time, continuous measurements based on photographs give good results. However, due to the high labor intensity, this method is not acceptable when examining industrial sites with a large number of jobs. In this case, selective registration and study of time consumption by the method of momentary observations is expedient. [c.154]

An analysis of the use of working time, as a rule, begins with determining the size of its losses and identifying the causes and places of their occurrence, as well as their influence on the change in the volume of output. The source of information for analyzing the use of working time is reports on the implementation of the plan but work (form 2-t), as well as time sheets for work (simple sheets, photographs of the working day and other primary documentation). [c.86]

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Photographs of the working day are used in the design of measures to eliminate losses and the normal balance of the worker's working time, in establishing equipment maintenance standards and preparatory and final time standards, maintenance of the workplace, as well as for rest and personal needs. [c.46]

Group photography is significantly inferior to individual photography in terms of completeness, detail and accuracy, which is due to the following reasons. The observer covers the working time of several objects, as a result of which the observed phenomena can only be recorded in an enlarged manner. The observer cannot leave his workplace. In the event of the absence of the performer, he is forced to write down the reasons for the absence from his words. [c.50]

The use of group photography is limited to those productions where performers are constantly at their workplaces. In the main production, where workers, in connection with the maintenance of many apparatuses, leave the field of view of the observer, this type of photography is applicable only to a limited extent. [c.50]

The analytical-experimental method consists in determining labor standards based on the study of operations and measuring the cost of working time directly at the workplace after creating the production and organizational conditions designed in the regulations for productive work. The costs of working time are measured by the method of timekeeping and photographs of working time. [c.164]

Knowing the rational balance of working time (compiled on the basis of a photograph of working time) and the norm of time per unit of work, one can easily calculate the production norms. When calculating labor standards, the following should be kept in mind. The time for preparatory and final work, both in content and duration, depends on the structure of the production process and forms of labor organization. When setting the norms for this time, it is necessary to proceed from such an organization of labor, in which the preparation of the workplace and equipment for [c.170]

When preparing for observation, the object of observation is selected in accordance with the goal. If they study the causes of losses, then they analyze the use of working time by a worker or a team of workers who have significant time losses, do not fulfill the norms or their performance is below the average. If the observation is carried out in order to develop norms or standards, then workers with a slightly above average percentage of compliance with the norms, stable labor productivity, and well-organized workplaces are chosen as the object of observation. Before the start of observations, the front side of the card is filled with photographs of the working day indicating information about the working day, [c.109]

A photograph of working time is taken to study all, without exception, the expenditure of working time during the observation period. It makes it possible to study the workload of the contractor (executors) and equipment, identify losses of working time and develop specific measures to eliminate them, determine the time standards for preparatory and final work, for servicing the workplace, for breaks in work, as well as the total duration of operational time. [c.128]

At the final stage of photography, the actual balance of time is analyzed and specific measures are developed to eliminate all losses of working time, opportunities are being sought to increase the duration of the main work, the necessary time spent on auxiliary, preparatory and final work, maintenance of the workplace, as well as the rest of the worker is established. [c.129]

Calculation of the norms of time is carried out in the following order: the measuring instrument of production (works) is selected according to the data of chronometric observations or analytically and by calculation, in accordance with the established norm of the production process, the norms of time of operational or separately main and auxiliary works are determined according to the photograph of the worker time, using, if necessary, the data of chronometric observations, the necessary time costs for preparatory and final work, maintenance of the workplace, rest and personal needs are established; the norm of time per unit of production (work) is calculated. [c.137]

The self-photograph card indicates information about the workplace (department, shop), position, length of service, information about the work performed, etc. It also indicates the proposals made by the employee who took the photo to improve the use of the working day, eliminate the loss of working time and clarification of the need for specialists of a particular profile. Carrying out normative research work also makes it possible to take into account the share of specialists in the total number of employees and changes in this indicator corresponding to technical progress and organizational and technical measures, as well as an increase in labor productivity of workers and engineering and technical workers. [c.140]

Based on the study of labor processes, dissected into constituent elements, they study the factors affecting labor costs. Then, on the basis of the developed measures, standards are established that contribute to increasing labor productivity. Using the analytical method, labor standards are established according to observations made directly at the workplace. This method is widely used in the regulation of work at the enterprises of transport, storage and distribution of gas. The analytical method presupposes, first of all, a deep and practical analysis of specific production and technical conditions in the reporting period, reveals shortcomings and reserves in the production process, etc. In this case, the photograph of the working day is supplemented by the timing of individual processes. When drawing up the norms, they clarify the economic effect of the planned activities and compare them with the previously existing norms, as well as with directive tasks and other materials. [c.142]

When developing service standards, a photograph of working time is taken, and, if necessary, timing. When developing standards, they analyze labor costs at each workplace, study and generalize best practices, taking into account the possibility of combining various operations. [c.147]

By means of the analytical method, labor standards are established according to observations made directly at the workplace. This method is widely used in the regulation of work at the enterprises of transport, storage and distribution of oil, oil products and gas. The analytical method presupposes, first of all, a deep and practical analysis of specific production and technical conditions in the reporting period, reveals shortcomings and reserves in the production process, etc. In this case, the photograph of the working day is supplemented by the timing of individual processes. When drawing up the norms, the economic effect of the planned measures is clarified and they are compared with the previously existing norms, as well as with directive tasks and other materials. [c.151]

To the head of the labor and wages department Comrade Zudin V.K. to ensure the timely taking of photographs of jobs and timing of work performed in the second workshop in connection with the development of a new technological process of production, and also by December 1, 1968, submit your proposals to me on the establishment of technically justified norms and prices for the remuneration of workers of the second shop. [c.42]

Problem. Calculate the required number of observations, the number of rounds of workplaces, the total duration of the observation period and the average work time balances based on the results of photographs taken by the method of momentary observations. [c.40]

A photograph of a working day, especially if it is not individual, is time consuming. Therefore, the method of instantaneous observations has recently become widespread. With this method, the observer bypasses the workplaces along a pre-compiled route, including fixing points. The state and content of the labor process are seixed at a certain moment. The number of measurements (moments) is determined by the formulas of mathematical statistics, and it is quite large. Method [c.80]

Working time photography is the observation and measurement of all time spent at the workplace in sequence during a work shift, part or entire production cycle. When photographing a working day, losses of working time and their causes are identified, and data are obtained for designing a rational organization of labor at a particular workplace. As a result, photographs of the time of use of the equipment provide data for studying the extensive use of equipment during a shift or other period of time.

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