Delivery?

[Channi7]

I'm A Ftm And I Plan To Have A Completely Natural Delivery. When I Tell Ppl They Give Me Tips And Advice. I Dnt Mind The Advice At All But Different Ppl Give Me Different Advice And It's Confusing. I've Been Told During Labor To 1). Push As If I Need To Poop 2). Push Only With My Pelvic Muscles 3). Not To Push At All Instead "Breath" Out Baby. My ? is Which Method Is Correct? If They Are All Correct Then Which is "Most" Effective? I Would Hate To Push Or "Breath" For Hours And Still End Up Getting A CSection Or Use Of Forceps ( I Think That's What The Vacuum Thingy Is Called). I Understand There's Different Strokes For Different Folks I'm Not Looking To Start An Argument Just Interested In You ladies' Experiences And Curious To Know What Worked Or Didn't Work For You All.

[Channi7]

Thanks A Bunch GeekMom1213.

[GeekMom1213]

When you push, you will push with everything you've got. "only pelvic muscles" is hilarious. No, you'll push like you haven't pooped in a week, with every muscle of your body straining with the effort. Breathing will get you through most of labor just fine - and you still need to breathe effectively during the pushing stage - but you can't breathe out a baby. It's still a big head and a little hole, it's not quite that easy. That's how it was for my birth experience, anyway... YMMV. Good luck!