09-10-2018 22:35 via kvoa.com

Pregnant women push when fully dilated

 Pregnant women in labor may have better childbirth outcomes, if they start pushing right when they’re fully dilated.
Some doctors recommend delaying the pushing until the woman feels and uncontrollable urge to push. The thought is that this practice will decrease the need for a C-section.
A new study compares the two pushing methods and found no difference in C-section rates. It also found that women who were able to push as soon as fully dilated were less likely to have postpartum b
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