welcome to my living room welcome to my couch the couch can be an amazing tool for labor especially
early labor when you're laboring at home and i'd love to go through five positions that i think
are great four of these are very easy one is a little more involved i'd love for you to try these
alongside me and guys i'm super excited to have a collaborator today an actual channel subscriber
uh pregnant mama britt is going to be following along with these moves in her house as another
demonstration of how to do these five positions on the couch and labor let's go hi my name is britt
and i am 38 weeks pregnant and i am trying to do most of my labor at home these are some positions
that i will be trying to incorporate in the next couple weeks let's jump into that first position
which is asymmetrical sitting so asymmetrical means one side of our pelvis is actually going
to look a little different from the other side i'm going to be able to use these pillows that i have
on the couch having some clothes is a great way to get started with this first i'm going
to start by putting a nice backrest so that's comfortable and then i am going to prop up one leg
so i've got one leg i'm going to pull this bolster over here prop it up a little bit more
so that it is different different heights than the one on the floor so that looks really good
i think what i could do to make it a little more comfortable is kind of create some
armrests for myself like this that way i could spend a little more time in this position
relaxing i've got that arms up so that i'm relaxed all the way through my shoulders
through my arms and i can hang out here i can watch tv i can relax one thing to remember when
you're doing asymmetrical is if you prop up your left side make sure you prop up your right side
the next position we are going to stand and lean on the back of the couch so over here on the back
we're going to have nice open legs and we are just going to lean like this onto the back of
our couch super easy just like this and we can even lay our head down relax our head
nice and loose the other thing we can do in this position is rock back and forth
we can lean on our elbows we can lean like this on our hands we can shift just our pelvis
we can rock our whole body lots of options here depending upon how high your couch is you might
also want to try fixing the height a little bit so that it's comfortable enough just like that so
that forward lean on the couch where you can use rhythm nice open pelvis open legs it's a great one
next position is going to be kneeling on the floor in front of the couch and since i have
no carpet i am going to grab some pillows i'll be right back so what i'm going to do is take this
nice squishy one and put it right here so that i can put my knees on it
let's see i want to make sure i can get wide knees
and then these pillows i am going to stack up so that they're high enough for me to lean
and be pretty comfortable
yeah that's nice so just like this i am leaning kneeling leaning on the couch and
pretty relaxed actually now one variation on this you could do is an asymmetrical needle
like this oh i love that
now that we have all of these pillows it is a great time to do the super restful
side lying position so this is a position where we're going to use probably many pillows i'm just
going to set them down here until we get into a position so it is going to be our restful position
you want to get on your side almost to where you feel like you are on your belly but not quite
and you're going to have this leg straight i'm going to need to move this pillow
so you have one straight leg here on your leg that is down on the couch and then this
one is going to be just a little bit open like this and i think we're going to need
to adjust these pillows a little bit to get this exactly where we want it now
i'm talking about exactly where we want it because we don't need to be as comfortable as you can in
these positions especially if you're going to rest so you might want to i'm going to drop this leg up
a little bit more i think i'm going to want to hug a pillow here yeah that feels good
this fifth position can be a little bit more intense
significantly more intense and a little more difficult so for this one we are going to i'm
going to end up putting my hands and then my elbows on the floor and since i do not have
a carpet on this floor i put down a grippy yoga mat so that i know that i won't slip here we go
you're going to scoot your knees to the edge of the couch carefully and then nice and easy
lower yourself down onto your hands onto the floor and if you're comfortable go ahead and
lower yourself down to your forearms in this position let your head hang
create a long neck and keep a nice flat back if at any time this position feels uncomfortable
have a helper assist you getting back up go back onto your hands and then back onto the couch
big thanks to brett for helping me out today that was so fun let me know in the comments below which
of these five you liked the best which one you think you will definitely use in labor
now if you like these positions especially those asymmetrical positions i know you're going to want
to see this video right here with ways to speed up flavor using asymmetrical conditions and i
will see you guys next time don't forget to like and subscribe if you found this helpful see ya bye