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b"Inside The Birth Lounge, I teach my Secret Sauce to Pushing. Part of that formula is based on your baby's position in your pelvis! I actively advise against what's called 'directed pushing,' where birthing people are told how and when to push (primarily talking about unmedicated births). It is not new that directed pushing can be less effective than letting the birthing person push with their body, but what about being told not to push? Nurses are notorious for saying 'don't push' for this reason or that. (This is obviously not applicable to\\xa0all nurses and is a generalization.) Whether it be that you are not fully 10cm dilated yet or the doctor isn't in the room, your body is telling you to push. I am diving into the science behind this urge to push and what you should do when you feel it!\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSources:\\nLonger labor times with directed pushing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871519218304025\\nEPU: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266613812001805\\nDilation: https://midwifethinking.com/2016/06/15/the-anterior-cervical-lip-how-to-ruin-a-perfectly-good-birth/\\nhttps://midwifethinking.com/2014/04/16/pushing-leave-it-to-the-experts/\\n\\xa0\\nThe Birth Lounge: thebirthlounge.com/waitlist"