02/25/2026
I tell almost EVERY Momma... hands a knees girlie!!! It's the BEST
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Pushing on hands and knees isn’t upside down 🙃
It’s actually one of the most physiologic positions for birth.
When you’re on all fours (hands and knees), several powerful things happen:
✨ Your pelvis opens differently, especially the outlet, giving baby more room to descend and rotate
✨ Gravity still helps without all your weight pressing on your tailbone
✨ Pressure on the spine decreases, which can reduce back pain (especially with posterior babies)
✨ Blood flow to baby can improve because there’s less compression on major vessels
✨ Your sacrum is free to move, unlike when you’re on your back
✨Tears are less likely
Many babies rotate more easily in this position, which can mean smoother progress and sometimes less tearing.
It can be especially helpful if:
• You’re having intense back labour
• Baby is “sunny-side up” (posterior)
• Pushing feels ineffective on your back
• You want to follow your body’s urges instead of coached pushing
• You have an epidural but can still move with support
And here’s something important 👇
Your body often knows what position you need.
Many women instinctively move onto hands and knees when pushing becomes overwhelming, not because they were told to, but because it helps.
Birth isn’t one-position-fits-all.
Changing positions can be one of the most powerful (and underrated) tools you have.
👉 If pushing feels stuck, painful, or unproductive… sometimes the solution isn’t “push harder.”
It’s push differently.
Save this so you remember you have options in labour 💛
Did you push or labour in this position?
