I felt the urge to push but I didn't know that's what I was feeling. I thought I needed to poo & didn't want to on the bed. I felt that way for ages & the middy kept asking me "do you feel the urge to push" & I kept saying "no" cos I thought I'd feel pressure in the vag region & my pressure was fully in the rear end.

Eventually she said "are you sure you don't feel the need to push? If you feel like you need to do a huge poo you are ready to push". This huge relief swelled over me and I said "yes I'm ready to push". I then spent the next 2 hours pushing. In all my research on pregnancy & birth I somehow skipped the bit about the need to push could feel like a poo!!!!!