hey there in this video i'm answering the internet's top questions about pooping and labor
and i'm gonna do this in a rapid fire style that you can find right here on this channel now before
i start that five minute timer i wanna find out if this is the first rapid fire style video you've
seen from me or if you are regular so drop me a client with the words new or the word regular okay
ready to tackle this [ __ ] do you poop while pushing your baby out well that's the big
question right yes many people do and the reason while you're pushing the baby's baby's head down
baby's head is compressing the colon and sometimes if there's stool there you're pushing that out too
is it normal to poo poop while pushing in labor it is absolutely normal normal and very common
what happens if i poop while pushing well this is the really important thing to know
that usually your care team your nurse your midwife your doctor whoever is there and sees
that you have pooped they will clean it up wipe it away put it away and usually
not even say anything they they know that it's very sensitive a lot of people don't want to hear
about it and so they try to just not make an issue of it because frankly to healthcare providers
we see it all the time and it does not even you know phase us at all so usually it's taken away
how will i know if i poop on pushing well a couple things you might feel it if you do
then you know you're pushing you know you are pooping now sometimes when you're pushing
it feels like poop is coming out but nothing is coming out i've had plenty of clients that say
oh no i'm pooping and i'll say you really aren't it just feels like you are because it's all the
same areas similar sensations what i would say is i would tell partners don't mention it because
it's it's not something that you really need to know while pushing it could get up in inside of
your head and you get worried about pooping i usually just tell people hey guys if i'm pooping
you don't have to mention it i'm fine will i be able to smell the poop during pushing okay we're
really going there with these questions internet um you might you might sometimes i have seen
that the quantity of poop might be more and or a larger amount at one time really good pushing
sometimes can happen that way and sometimes you might smell now i usually tell my doula clients
to have something that smells good close by when they're pushing so that they can you know put on
a mint lip balm or have something good that they can kind of wave in front of their nose
if that is the case also partners too if they're sensitive to smells they want to have that
at the ready during pushing how can i prevent pooping during birth
wow this is like the question everybody wants to know i know i wanted to know this too how what
can i do to prevent it just tell me and i'll do it and the answer is you can't there's really no
surefire way to prevent pooping in labor so it's okay it is okay is pooping common during labor
absolutely common during labor it is many many people poop in labor so if you see someone who
has had a baby you know look at a celebrity you know um rihanna's having a baby and kate middleton
had a baby they probably pooped in labor we're all made the same our bodies are all the same and
pushing pushes out sometimes poop is it okay to poop in labor absolutely okay totally fine it's
actually super um exciting for nurses and doulas too to see if poop comes out because
it is a sign that pushing is going really well that we're bringing the baby down so
we actually think it's a good thing what if i poop in the tub so if you're laboring the tub or you're
having water birth you might poop in the water that is also okay and is usually uh if if you
are laboring in a tub your care team has a little net and they scoop out the poop and get rid of it
it is what happens will i poop on my baby during birth no so the way that the body works when
the head comes down that's when um the poop cup usually comes out before the baby's head emerges
so the poop has usually gotten out of the way before we start to see baby's head and definitely
before the baby is totally birthed does pushing feel like pooping absolutely same sensation
totally it does can you poop while in labor yeah so early labor active labor before you even start
pushing you might need to poop that's okay how many moms poop during childbirth so same question
the internet really wants me to give a statistic here and i can't i'm just gonna say the majority
is my gut not scientific going with my gut but i have seen like 300 people give birth and i'm
gonna say majority can you accidentally push your baby out while pooping no okay guys i think i
just barely made it in five minutes uh it was a hard one this time really great topic now if you
are new then i'd love for you to check out all of the rapid fire style videos in this playlist right
here there are some great ones in there also if you are regular i have something for you so
there is a video that is a great video but it had a really bad thumbnail when i first released it so
you probably missed it and i'm gonna put that one right here and i will see you guys next time bye