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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the post: Good fetal positioning, good flexibility in the pelvic joints and balance in the soft tissues help the natural labor progress.

Do you really think all babies are well positioned and tolerate labor well? Frank breech, asynclitism, occiput posterior, etc. etc. I could go on. Do you really think all women have good flexibility in their joints? Especially now that many women sit all day and are giving birth 10-20 years from their biological prime? Do you think all labors progress well? Mother Nature is cruel, and women’s bodies aren’t perfect. That doesn’t mean we don’t believe in women, it means we acknowledge reality. [/quote]
Baby's position is changeable. Not only do they flip and twist around on their own, there are often things you can do and not do to help get them in a better position.

And sitting all day and not being in your biological prime is not a problem for many, I would bet most people. I'm living proof - I sit all day at a desk job, don't exercise very much, and at nearly 35 my body needed no help to push a medium size baby out in <9 hours. One small tear, but otherwise no averse effects. I know others who had this experience too, so I'm not a unicorn. I'm sure there are factors that make labor longer and more painful, but I don't think women need to have some optimal physiology to give birth vaginally.[/quote]

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