
Movement for optimal dilation during labour
Birthing positions, and our ability to move freely during labour was a topic of discussion in the yoga for pregnancy class I was teaching this week. We spoke about how labour is most often portrayed in films and tv by an image of the birthing person lying on the hospital bed, feet often elevated in stirrups. This hasn’t always been the case… … Interesting fact: the first record of a woman lying on her back during labour was of a lady named Louise de la Valliere. The year was