To find out how she learned about these positions and why she decided to use them when giving birth at home, BuzzFeed reached out to Diyasha. "I've always been a natural-type person," she said, "And ...

At some point during pregnancy you’ll probably reach a moment where you wonder whether what you just felt was hunger, gas, or the baby moving. Feeling your baby move or kick for the first time is an ...

Whether lying on their back, all-fours position, sitting upright or squatting -- women adopt different birthing positions during childbirth. What has not yet been researched is how the respective ...

Whether you sit, stand or lie down makes a difference to your delivery. Staying active during labour is well-known to help the process along, so it’s good to remember some tried-and-tested positions ...

Whether lying on their back, all-fours position, sitting upright or squatting - women adopt different birthing positions during childbirth. What has not yet been researched is how the respective final ...

In nulliparous women at term who required assisted vaginal birth, a non-rotated occipitoposterior position of the foetal head was associated with significantly higher rates of maternal morbidity than ...

When you’re giving birth, you expect to be able to have a say in what you want to do with your body and how you want to welcome your child into the world. However, this is far front the truth, and ...

Background: The aim of this study was to compare maternal labour and birth outcomes between women who gave birth on a birth seat or in any other position for vaginal birth and further, to study the ...

(from left) Prof. Dr. Brigitte Strizek and Prof. Dr. Nadine Scholten investigate the connection between birth position and the satisfaction of expectant mothers. Whether lying on their back, all-fours ...