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Roxanne Albert, BSN, RNC-OB

Partner Labor Support Positions: 3 Techniques to Try

  • Birth
There are many positions your partner can make easier with just a little support!
There are many positions your partner can make easier with just a little support!

Our partner can support us in many different ways including physically with hands-on support, emotionally with verbal praise and encouragement, advocate for us our birth wishes, or even help nourish our body with fluids and food!

One of the biggest ways is physically supporting us in different positions to make it less work for you! 

3 of our favorite partner labor support positions are below!

  1. Standing supported hug
  2. Hands and knees Hip Squeezes
  3. Supported Squat

These physical support positions can be physically taxing on the partner if they are not prepared! We have a 4 week Birth Partner Prep Program to help them prepare for labor

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3 Partner Labor Support Positions

1. Standing Supported Hug

This is all encompassing to any standing positions where you are facing your partner and they are assisting in supporting your body weight. 

You can be:

  • Swaying from side to side
  • Side Lunging
  • Elevated Side lunge with knee press
  • Forward Lunging
  • Quarter Squating

Any movements where you are in an upright standing position your partner can support your weight. 

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This has two main benefits

  • Lessens the physical requirement from you during labor
  • Helping to release oxytocin with the embrace from your partner

2. Hands and Knees Hip Squeezes

Hands and knees positions makes it easier for your partner to have access to the hips to be able to give you hip squeezes. 

The position can be a lot on your upper body though, finding an upper body supported position is beneficial.

  • Birthing Ball
  • Peanut Ball
  • Leaning on bed or couch
  • Leaning over side of tub

Hip squeezes would occur during the contractions and in between they can massage your shoulders, traps, and back to help you relax and rest more! 

This was one of my favorite positions! I had lots of back labor personally and found hip squeezes to be so beneficial! Practicing Hip Squeezes and other counter pressure techniques during pregnancy to ensure your partner knows what to do can be beneficial! 

Learn more labor comfort techniques and ways for your partner to support your labor in our childbirth education courses!

Kaini
Hi Gina and Roxanna! I signed up for a couple courses ( prenatal workout, birth prep, induction, etc) after following your account for some time. I just had my first birth two days ago. Wanted to say THANK YOU!!! I was very anxious since it was gonna be my first birth but I went in with a lot of knowledge and confidence because of you and your courses!! I knew what each labor stage is, what to expect, ear, drink, movements to do to help baby and myself. When I had labor stall, I knew my options and felt confident to communicate with my providers. When I chose an epidural I knew what I was doing and knew how to use peanut ball to help. It was not an easy labor and I still had a tear but I felt very informed and empowered and that really matters!!! Btw I didn’t even finish every video in these courses. Thank you for all you do. Knowledge is POWER 💪🏼
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Sandra
Hi Gina and Roxanne, I just wanted to thank you both so much for your content and your childbirth education course. I just had my baby on Monday at 40 weeks and 3 days. He was 9 lbs 14.5 oz and I had the most amazing unmedicated water birth with zero tearing and following everything I learned from your course! Seriously I could not have done it without you. This was the most magical birth and made up for my first birth, where I ended up with a traumatic birth. I was really nervous that I was heading in same direction but once I committed to taking your course and making my husband do it (he was actually really into it because the first one was a traumatic birth for him too). I could hear your words as I was laboring and remembering how to breathe, move, and how to push. I had a very quick 5 hour labor and my doula didn’t even make it so my husband became my doula and thankfully he rocked because he knew what to do. Anyway, THANK YOU so much and Gina good luck with your own labor soon!!
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3. Supported Squat

A deep supported squat can help baby engage into the pelvis! We want to think DEEP squat where our butt is tucking underneath our body at the body of the squat creating that posterior tilt with wide knees for the external rotation!

This positions can be very hard to hold and relaxing in for long periods of time! Having our partner support our body weight so we can relax as much as possible in the deep squat can be so helpful!

There are different ways they can support the deep squat!

  •  Hand to Hand Grip
  • Scarf under your armpits with birth partner holding ends
  • Scarf over birth partners shoulders with you holding ends
  • Sitting in chair with you squatting between their knees using their legs for support
 

** Any Physical Touch

This doesn’t apply to everyone because some will not want to be touched at all during labor, but for those of us that do! Any physical touch from your partner at any point during labor ca be nice to help you feel supported, which can help increase oxytocin levels!

Some options of physical touch:

  • Holding Hands in positions where physical hands on support is limited
  • Partner Massaging body to include shoulder or even feet
  • If in the bed, having partner lay in bed with you 
  • Sitting near you with their hand on your body
  • Holding a cold washcloth to your face
  • Wiping your hair out of your face
  • Kisses

The options are endless! 

Partner Support is HUGE

Your partner can make a HUGE impact on your birth depending on how involved or not involved they are during the process!

Learn more way they can support you in our Childbirth Education Course! 

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