With all my babies when I am in labour and get to the pushing stage I actually jam my legs shut.:eek: And I mean jam. them. shut.

I cant help it, so the poor midwives while trying to deliver my baby are also prying my legs apart, lol. I REALLY dont want to do it this time, and am wondering if this happens to anyone else (probably not) and if anybody knows why I do it.

By the way, the reason why I'm asking is because it is actually quite hard to push a baby out when your legs are shut.

Natalie

It's a bit late to jam them shut now, should have thought of that 9 months ago, but remember it for afterwards

seriously though, it's probably some involuntary act of tensing all your muscles to push as hard as you can, the thing is finding an alternative pushing position that doesn't make you do this isn't that easy to practice, and you'll probably not be caring too much when the time comes either. Maybe when you go in you could forewarn the midwife and see what she suggests, see if she can be ready with some suggestions for when the time comes.

Lets face it, pushing them out is hard enough work wothout having your thighs welded together too:eek:

Good luck with it.

Taz