I talked to a friend yesterday while we were watching 'One born every minute'. She was talking about that uncontrollable urge to push. Well, I never experienced that. I remember being so over the long exhausting contractions. The midwife said to tell her when I felt the urge to push, and even though I didn't feel an urge to push I told her that I did. Maybe I was confused, I felt a lot of pressure and I was pretty out of it from the gas. I just wanted to get dd out! It took 50 minutes of pushing to get her out, I was completely exhausted. So much so that I could barely hold her or open my eyes. I feel bad about this all the time. Is there anything dangerous about pushing before your body wants to? Something I may not know about just yet? I had a normal delivery, a couple of small tears. But all in all I think it was ok. But I just can't shake the guilty feeling