So... We all know about birthing positions, and talk about them a lot, but what do you do AFTER baby's out?

With DD I spent three hours before her birth on my feet standing/squatting, so just wanted to sit down, and ended up on the bed, semi-reclined. I thought I was just following instincts.

I'm just now reading Michel Odent's Birth and Breastfeeding, which suggests that this is not the most ace position to be in; something to do with compression of blood vessels? (book is in sleeping toddlers room, can't go check!) and that it can encourage blood loss.

So I think my "instincts" were subject to the Hollywood effect - Ive seen so many photos, movies etc of women in that position, and, heck, the bed was right in front of me, that that's just where I went.

So, just wondering if anyone can suggest better options?