Women who are laboring without medication can enjoy a full range of positions and movement during labor. When you don't feel like walking around the labor and delivery unit anymore, try raising the entire hospital bed and standing next to it. Leaning over, with elbows on the bed can be very helpful. There are also handles at the foot of the bed, which may be used for squatting. Other options include: birth ball, rocking chair, slow dancing with your partner, taking a bath, kneeling on the bed, rocking and circling the hips.

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