Whatever works for you at the time.
My first two deliveries I didnt want anyone to touch me or speak to me. I just closed my eyes and went into myself.
My third delivery I was in a different position to the first two and I wanted my husband to rub my lower back.

I think each persons birth stories and birth photos are sacred. I know some people may not like seeing them and some people may share them on platforms that need to be reconsidered. I however think birth is beautiful and love seeing the various ways other women choose to birth and capture their births.

Birth photos are so captivating. I happily gave birth on my back as I was nice and comfy!

Midwives are incredible. Birth is a miracle. It’s hard, exhausting, exceedingly painful, and somewhat debilitating, and yet so utterly worth it. But with all the hard work that the mother and even the father put in to have the baby, those amazing women and men who nurture us through our journeys and help us get through the tunnel at the end, are total angels. I wouldn’t be alive without my midwives, more than once. 🙂

oh gosh, no thanks… not my scene

Thank you for sharing this article.

its interesting the things people do!

I think women should feel comfortable to do what works for them. I am not sure why anyone else needs to have an opinion on what other women do as parents or when pregnant. Good on them I say!

I gave birth in the normal way. These images are pretty amazing but for me, during that time, would have been so uncomfortable! An awesome experience for a dad delivering his own baby though!!

I don’t need images. 14 years on following a very traumatic birth it is still very vivid in my mind. It’s why I did not have another child.

The photo is beautiful. I had a normal birth in hospital. But I would have loved to give birth in water. I think it’s amazing.

My 1st birth took 40 hours stop & start with no sleep, in the end I had no choice as my baby was stuck & struggling & I was strapped down in stirrups. Definitely not the style of birth you want & barely any pain relief because he was in distress. The OB had not detected that his placenta had depleted in any of the regular check ups I had with him during the final stages of pregnancy plus he was busy running between 2 hospitals. He was delivering 3 babies at once just in my hospital, one of those sadly being a still born so due to that none of us got much individual attention. Because of this I refused an OB with my 2nd child & had a midwife who was trained for high risk difficult births, the on call OB popped his head round the corner of the door to check on me & I told him to get lost. I was able to be in a position where I was comfortable squatting on the bed & holding on the bed-head, gave me so much more control of the actual birth. I presented at the hospital around 2am & waited for labour to establish then my 2nd son was born by 8am. What a huge difference in how my children were born by taking control of it instead of being told by the OB to lay down so he could lock me in stirrups. The only time the OB was present was when I had to be stitched up after the birth was all over.
One thing I learned was that you can’t plan a delivery because there are so many things that can change or go wrong. Listen to the midwife & consider her advice, she should know since she does this multiple times each day, take up whatever position you feel works for you.

That might be a bit uncomfortable for me personally. But it does look like it would have been a very intimate birthing experience

Most mothers here in Aust. are not given the choice to do much other than go to their local hospital where it is so clinical. It is changing – but oh so slowly. Good on this couple for doing what they wanted.

Very sensible yet unusal for most. this is ok if all is going to plan.. One would have difficulty seeing the cord wrapped around the neck several times in this position. Just observing.

Agree I had water births and they where amazing. Such a powerful image

Lke hg

For our second I birthed in a similar way, I was hanging between my husbands legs as he sat on the chair so I could sit between contractions. I had been walking and gyrating my hips since my contractions started and once at the hospital and things got serious I assumed my position and let gravity do the work (well some of it). I found it the best and it definatly helped me. During my first labour I was doing really well and things were moving well until they laid me down, that was the worst. So grateful for my midwife and husbands support as my birth plan was to be as upright as possible and we were able to stick to it.

Gosh midwives are amazing and flexible to let the mum give birth how she wanted.

What an awesome image…
I had an emergency C – Section with my first after a failed induction… I can highly recommend not lying on your back…
This time around I would like to try kneeling or squatting or similar, probably a more natural position to give birth… I definitely want to be more active throughout labour.