title: Supporting women's instinctive pushing behaviour during birth.
abstract: During birth women instinctively push in the most effective and safe way for themselves and their babies. However, midwives continue to direct women's pushing behaviours. The assumptions underpinning this practice must be examined and challenged. Midwives need to develop an evidence-based approach that acknowledges and reinforces women's innate ability to birth.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007748:Labor Stage, Second / Q000502:physiology*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009769:Object Attachment; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011312:Pressure; D011817:Rabbits