birthstools

[Maruschke]

No, I'm not talking about doing a stool during birth I'm asking about those chairs you can deliver in. Anyone birthed in a birthstool? I'd really love to try it but I'm finding it hard to find birth stories / videos of anyone on a birthstool.

Any info welcome.

Ta

[MummaBee]

Hi there I had a go of one found it very opening and a fast labour position but brought on alot of pain so it scared me out of doing it labour seemed to intensify.

[OceanPrincess]

No, I'm not talking about doing a stool during birth

I tried to use one with DS, they had them in the Birth Centre. I say tried, I really liked the idea of it, but it just didn't work for me.

I thought it would be kind of like sitting on the toilet, which seems to be a good position for me. But it didn't feel right.

[Heaven]

I tried when pushing but didn't end up birthing there. Was good coz I could take the weight off my legs.

[PumpkinZulu]

Hi there I had a go of one found it very opening and a fast labour position but brought on alot of pain so it scared me out of doing it labour seemed to intensify.

This was my experience too. I also got terrible haemorrhoids, that was the hardest part of my recovery actually! It was great for opening up and helping DD around the bend though.

[Tegam]

I tried one with Dd1 but I was too tall for it.

[Tegam]

I found the toilet so much better.


Ps. I still get excited when I see you talk about your baby you waited so long

[Lily Dust]

I found the toilet so much better.

^^^ definately that! I delivered the placenta on the stool and it just felt awkward and uncomfortable for me. Toilet was my fave spot

[Sterla]

I birthed DD while using a birthing stool. My midwife suggested it because I'd been labouring for so long and was very tired, it gave my legs a rest. I sat on it and had one arm clenching the end of the bed and the other hanging off DH. I found it okay and it definitely helped with the pushing stage.

[mooks]

Yep, I birthed DD1 on a birthing stool, whilst my midwife held a mirror so I could see what was happening and DH supported me from behind. Absolutely awesome experience and I would definately recommend it.

[phynna]

I googled pics and I think that would be agony on my tailbone...

But I can't imagine that the stool would allow the sacrum (rhombus of michaelis) to open up very well? That's 2cm you miss out on!!!

[Bella29]

I can't tell u why, but I have heard lotsa birth nerds talk about birth stools causing more tears. I would ask about that if I were wanting to use one. Having said that, good luck love! I don't at all mean to turn u off, just to turn u to another question you may want to ask. Good luck!


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[meow]

I had heard birth stools cause more tears too. My MW suggested I try one with my first son- I was approaching 2 hours pushing and she was supposed to bump me to the main hospital (from the birth centre) so we were backed in a corner and had to try and hurry baby out.

I sat on it backwards and leaned forward onto my H. I actually found it pretty comfy and a really nice low squat. I did tear though, but then I also tore in my lovely unhurried home water birth too so who knows huh?

[Maruschke]

Wow I never knew that about the tearing. I was trying to find a position to practice that isn't on my back and would open my pelvis AND give my legs a rest. Any other ideas?

[Shades]

Tribal women of some cultures used to hold on to a rope attached to the roof, that way they could sink into a squat with less leg pressure... could you do a similar thing being held by your dp or a doula? So they are supporting your weight while you squat to open the pelvis?

[Cricket]

I think the tear rate would have to be similar to birthing in a squat position. It's about the same position, and it really opens up the pelvis and lets the baby down fast, so you might tear instead of stretching slowly. I labored on one in the shower for a little while with DD4, and between the relaxation of the warm water, and the positioning with the stool, the baby moved down really nice and low, in a very short time. I got back on the bed to push, though. With DS, I tried the stool during pushing briefly, because he was stuck, but I didn't really like it. I felt kind of isolated, and unsupported perched on it. But I've heard it's best if your DH or someone can get behind you and hold you, kind of, while you sit on it. My DH couldn't get behind me, at the time.
It might be something you can ask your midwife to take along, and try it in labour, and just see what you think. No one is going to make you sit on it if you don't like it.
Other options... Maybe a fit ball? You can kneel down in front of it with your knees nice and wide, and lean over it and rock. Ina May Gaskin tells about her daughter in law's birth, where she held a tall, strong pole/stick thing, and, like the rope idea, kind of hung on it, and swayed and rocked through the contractions. I'll see if I can find the story.
Cheyenne's Amazing Labor | inamay.com
All the best!

[Maruschke]

I will hijack my own thread to ask... if you request and epidural (I am open to the idea of a LOW dose epi if I need it) can you first be positioned on a birth chair / stool, then be given the epi. Or alternatively, get the low dose epi then before it kicks in (as in, immediately, LOL) transfer to the chair? I'm just trying to figure out what I can do to stay upright in the event I have an epi. Ta

[Tegam]

I would say most if not all hospitals will have a policy that says no. Sorry


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