What a great article. DS was an induction with the works - epi, pushing when told to on my back and a nice second degree tear on a bub who was 6lb 14oz......DD was a water birth with a midwife who did one VE on my request and after an hour of labour I was 7cms. In the next 15 mins I hit transition and I assume got to 10cms - when I asked her if it was "safe" to push she said "your body won't tell you to do something it isn't ready for". So I got on my knees and gave birth to my 7lb 6oz DD without even a graze!