Hi

I had a 3rd degree tear with DD1 and was nervous about DS's birth, but ended up with no tearing this time.

With DD I was leaning over a bean bag when I delivered, but this time my Ob suggested lying on my side to maybe slow things down a bit and it seemed to work. I did try the leaning over position again with DS, but it wasn't comfortable and tried the side position. Just needed someone to support my outside leg.

Was still a quick birth (just under 2 hours - DD was 2 hrs 50mins) but could walk back to the ward this time and recovery down there was heaps better