I was upright or leaning forward in the pool. My body was already pushing for a couple of contractions before I realized what was happening! I worked hard for about 50 mins until she was born in that position, but there was no need to count to anything. I also let my baby and body bring her out at the end, gradually and with no assistance (or tearing).

As for 10cm dilated, at home I had no VEs (and no need for them) so how would we have known? My labour progressed quickly this way - at a guess I would have gone from about half dilated to fully in less than two hours. Not sure how 'measuring' me would have improved anything!