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Momfidence! cheers on commonsense parenting and sighs at the rest. How to worry less, wing it more. A.k.a. parenting by the seat of my mid-rise mom jeans.
About Paula SpencerI'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you can't even buy Oreos at the two wholesome groceries nearest to my home). 
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Labor: Walk It OutApril 21, 2009
In labor? Stay on your feet! A major review combining data from 21 studies finds that women who lay down -- in any position -- during first-stage labor have slower labors and are more likely to need an epidural than those who sit upright, stand, or walk. (First-stage labor is that endless journey from 3cm to10cm dilation.) For me it was instinctive. I remember when during my first labor when they'd make me get into the bed to be monitored periodically...finally my doctor ok'd a walking monitor. It was a long labor anyway (12 hrs) but I just didn't feel comfortable lying in bed til near transition. Ditto all my other childbirths... Trouble with being put right in bed is that the medical machine takes over and you have no idea what's instinctive any more. And if anything should be instinctive it's the process of a human being coming out of your body. After all it's instinct that got it in there in the first place.
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