If You're An Expectant Mom...You Need To Read This My Love 🤗

Some expectant moms push when the nurse has not instructed it.
Small waist pain starts, you say, “Let me just push small and finish it.”

Nurse says, “Don’t push yet.”
You think she’s just délaying you.

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Your body tightens…
You hold your breath and start pushing like you’re in a toilet fight, that push can hûrt your baby.

When the cervix is not fully open(dilated to 10cm), pushing is like forcing a big watermelon through a bottle mouth. The baby’s head is like is been pressed against a door that is still locked.
Pressure will build.
Baby can get tired.
Baby’s heartbeat can start dropping.

Your cervix can swell like a soaked bread.
And once it swells, it may stop opening completely. What happens next?

Labour becomes longer.
Pain becomes wõrse.
Doctors may start talking about emergency operation. All because of pushing at the wrong time.

Some women push because: They’re tired.
They’re in pain.
Or someone at home told them,
“Anytime you feel pressure, just push.”

No, mama.
Labour is not guesswork.

There is a right time to push…
And that time is when your cervix is fully open and the nurse or doctor gives you the go-ahead.

Before that time,
all you need to do is breathe, relax, and let your body do the work.

One wrong push at the wrong time can turn a normal labour into a stressful one.

Please, listen to your nurses during labour.
We are not stopping you because we are wîcked.
We are protecting you and your baby.

Labour is teamwork, not competition.