Hi Trillian,

Thanks for the info. It's very helpful.

I laboured standing/squatting/on all fours for the majority of my labour, but my second stage was around 3 hours with no progression. I could feel my baby, Eleanor's head if I insertd a fingerbut she never hit the perineum and never advanced further down the vagina - which the doctor told me was due to my coccyx.
So now I'm not sure where to go from here...will I will always need to have assistance to give birth? I would like to avoid the forceps if I could next time.

What would be my other options? I had lost my contractions and pushing urge by the time the Dr arrived and had absoloutly no energy left. Would've it been better to request some oxytocin to get my contractions to restart? *sigh*