Hi Everyone,
I just have a question...

I was watching Foxtel before and caught the end of a show where a woman was giving birth, admittedly it was American, but the woman was begging to push and saying she really needed to, and you could see the absolute struggle for her not to push, and the Midwife and her husband were telling her "no you have to wait for the doctor" (repeatedly), "blow, blow candles" (wtf???), this poor woman, I found myself wanting to push for her!!! Mind you the doctor was caught in traffic and took 20 mins to get there!!!!!!! That was the only reason she had to wait to begin pushing!!!

If you need to push you need to push!!!!! When I had my babies it was absolutely primal, the need to go with my bodies instinct was overwhelming!! At first I was trying to fight it and my whole body rejected that idea and I was grunting (how embarrassing) in an effort not to push, once I went with it, I loved it, felt great!!!!!

So my question is........

1. Has anyone ever been told not to push just to wait for a doctor (other than an emergency, prevent tearing etc, not just for him being stuck in traffic)

2. Would you have killed your husband for telling you not to push (like he is suddenly and expert) and slapped your midwife for telling you to blow candles all because the doctor is stuck in traffic?

3. Was your desire to push so strong that no matter what anyone said, you just had to do it????? And was it satisfying?

I will be interested to see what your experiences have been, my husband would have been lassoed with oxygen tubing and tied from the rafters if he tried that on me!!!

Meagan