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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do women labor in hospitals in the US?  Do you just walk around the hallways?  Are the hospital beds  low to the ground so women can easily get in and out as they need to -- to  walk, squat, stretch, so the OBs and midwives can help them with various laboring positions?

I had my 2 children in Europe (we are from Austria)  in a maternity center so I am trying to picture a hospital birth situation.  We are thinking about a 3rd who might be born here. [/quote]

I suppose it varies depending on hospital, doctors/nurses, and health of patient. I have given birth at two US hospitals in different parts of the country (we moved across country in between our two kids’ births). Both times, I went into the hospital after contractions had started at home, was admitted and taken to a “laboring” room and stayed in that room and in the hospital bed (couldn’t get up and walk around as I had an IV and fetal monitoring device attached) being attended by nurses until I was dilated to a 9 and almost ready to start pushing, then they quickly moved me to a different delivery room and the doctor rushed in at the last minute and essentially was just there long enough to “catch” the baby and sew me up (I had an episiotomy both times). My labors were relatively short though. Under 6 hours for the first baby and under 4 for the 2nd. I think if I had been in labor longer, I may have been allowed to be up and walking around.[/quote]

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