normal birth - 2nd stage

TaNasha has explained it BEST -

"when i was fully dialated and i just got an urge tp push - as if going for a very big nr 2! it felt like i had to poop a watermelon out!"

I agree with everyone tho - baby will also be ready and oddly enough you will know what to do when it happens!!

I didn't get the urge to push.

DUring this stage I was having these HUGE contractions that were basically my body pushing the baby out. THe nurses were telling me NOT to push (my doctor wasn't there yet) and I wasn't - I was just letting my body do what it is meant to do. I was like WTF... what do you mean NOT PUSH, I"m not pushing, my body is naturally contracting intensly and pushing the baby out, I'm just breathing and tensing my muscles slightly (involuntarily) at the onset of a contraction. Eventually my doc arrived while baby was crowing and I was told to push - so I just followed their instruction. The nurses asked me a couple of times earlier if I felt the urge to push and the answer was no... not ever, not at all. And I can bet that if I hadn't even given one forced push, she would have come out by herself. THe velocity of those muscle contractions at that stage were my body's way of pushing her out. I'd say concentrate on your breathing and trying to relax and let your body do what it needs to do, when it needs to do it . If for some reason you need to speed things up etc, if baby is in distress or something - the doc's/ nurses/ midwives will let you know.

As Tanasha said the contractions changed - and i got dizzy and had the urge to puch.

I got all red in the face, and could make all types of noises. The nurse told me - PUSH in your BUM and you are not doing it right if you can make noises. And it is a MUCH harder push than what I thought it would be! But I do not know how it feels if you have an epi though...

My contractions started changing. I dont really know how to explain it, it felt like my stoamch started rolling downwards when i was fully dialated and i just got an urge tp push - as if going for a very big nr 2! it felt like i had to poop a watermelon out!
your body knows what to do, and the midwives will help you along, so dont worry too much.

Good Luck!

Hi

I know I was very naive when I had my first child ( read about about labour and giving birth when I was in labour ) and I was pushing and pushing and eventually was told stop pushing in my face - push as if your tummy wants to work and you need the loo - it sounds terrible but there you have it - I guess that is why we get the enemas

hi gals
can u pls explain how do u do the pushing thing when its time to push. how do u push? i know the dr or midwife will b there to assist but can u just explain ur experiences on the pushing part only.

ta