Good Question! Hmmm, I don't think that there was any excessive force put on my babies that wasn't needed - my last two babies needed help to get out due to mild shoulder dystocia, so my Dr and midwife did need to do a little bit of pushing etc to get them in the right position. For my first two births, it was just a gentle hand on their head so it didn't flop back when it was fully born and just pressure on my perenium to help stop tears.
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First- STOP YOUTUBING!!! You will only scare the **** out of yourself
I birthed public, with a mw and an ob present (the ob due to complications in early labour). There was no excessive force used. I remember the mw grabbing my hand to touch the babies head (I still tear up thinking about it... *sniff*... 'scuse me). And that was in an emergency situation (the ob had already called the theatre to expect me in the next five minutes for an emergency c-sect), where they were trying to get the baby out as quick as possible.
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