PELVIS AND GIVING BIRTH

How to Maximize the Pelvic Outlet for Giving Birth

• Research has shown that frequent squatting or sitting astride on a chair or stool will enable the pelvic bones to open to maximum. It is a good idea to practice this often during the final weeks of your pregnancy as well as to use upright or squatting positions during labor and birth.
• Remain as upright as possible and use gravity to its maximum. When you are lying on your back you actually have to push your baby uphill to get her out!
• A supported squat, sitting on a low stool, astride a chair or on a birth ball will enable the baby to move down the birth canal unhindered. Read about 20 benefits of using abirth ball in labor for a faster, easier birth.
• Leaning forward on all fours also maximizes the opening of the pelvis.
  
• By AVOIDING lying on your back and birthing in an UPRIGHT POSITION your sacrum will be free to move back and increase the opening in the pelvis by up to 28%, making it much easier for your baby to move through it!