Did you get the urge to push before 10cm?

[anita665]

I'm pretty sure I was the full 10cm before I got the urge to push in both of my previous labours. It's really interesting how different women's bodies do different things!

I could feel the head shift down with a contraction and it gave me this feeling like I was going to poo myself which I couldn't help but go with and it caused the water to break. I'm guessing that was the contraction pushing babies head over the cervix and the pressure caused the waters to go. From then I had to push.

 

[MissCherry15]

had urge to push for over an hour before i was in so much pain trying not to push that i finally told the midwife i needed to push, they didnt believe me but i told them fine i will push whether they like it or not... they then checked me to find out i was 8cm and the consultant said.. if i need to push just push. So i did and 10minutes later she was born x

 

[manchester1]

i was 9cm and couldnt help but push! 18 mins later out came baby!

 

[Bay]

had urge to push for over an hour before i was in so much pain trying not to push that i finally told the midwife i needed to push, they didnt believe me but i told them fine i will push whether they like it or not... they then checked me to find out i was 8cm and the consultant said.. if i need to push just push. So i did and 10minutes later she was born x

I guess pushing early worked out okay for you?

I was always told i wasn't allowed to push until 10cm .. Not even at 9.5cm. I do wonder how much of this is really necessary. Surely if something feels so natural it can't be so bad?

 

[summer rain]

With my two middle boys I got to 9cm and couldn't progress further as the membranes were very stubborn so had to have my waters broken both times as soon as my waters were broken I automatically progressed to a 10 and felt ready to push but they wouldn't believe me and insisted on examining me again. With my youngest I semi-involuntarily pushed him out with membranes intact not sure how many cm I was but probably not yet 10, he was totally fine and I had the least under carriage damage out of any of mine xx

 

[Blah11]

If you push before 10cm it probably wont do any damage but if there is cervix and its stopping your babys head coming out then all the pushing is just wasted energy. Thats why MWs advise against it.

 

[mommy0629]

I only had the urge to push with the last two contractions before I was checked, told I was 10 cm and to push with the next one.

 

[XJessicaX]

I started to push at 9.5cm. Had a small lip of cervix still there but I pushed anyway! Wasnt a controlled thing, my body did it all for me.

 

[AimeeM]

I wanted to push at 8+1/2 but even at 10 I wasn't allowed to push.
Baby was too distressed, I had to wait 4 hours to let him come down on his own before I could try again. Otherwise it would've been a section....

That is very interesting. I never knew you could fully dilate, but baby not be down on the canal

I thought you had to be fully dilated for baby to enter the canal x

 

[susan_1981]

I got the urge to push when I was only 3cm. He was born bout 6 hours after I felt that first urge x

 

[hubblybubbly]

I was somewhere between 8-9cm when I got the urge to push,and couldn't help but start, after a few pushes with the midwife telling me not to she checked me and I was 10cm. So who knows,maybe pushing helped me dilate, maybe I had dilated between the last examine and the urge.
Next time I just want to go with my bodies instinct. I want to avoid examinations if possible.
X

 

[Fish&Chips]

I got the urge to push when I was only 3cm. He was born bout 6 hours after I felt that first urge x

It's nice to hear from someone with a similar experience to mine! x

 

[lily24]

I'm so glad I found this.
I couldn't help but push at 8cm, my body just done it, I really had no control and the MW was really getting cross with me!
What actually happens if u push before 10cm, its something I'm not sure about.

Having to fight what ur body wanted/needed to do was extremely difficult

 

[meandu]

not until 10cm, 2 pushes with 2nd baby & she was out

 

[Tanni_Pants]

I wanted to push at 8+1/2 but even at 10 I wasn't allowed to push.
Baby was too distressed, I had to wait 4 hours to let him come down on his own before I could try again. Otherwise it would've been a section....

That is very interesting. I never knew you could fully dilate, but baby not be down on the canal

I thought you had to be fully dilated for baby to enter the canal x

I got the urge to push before he was in the canal.
Because he was distressed I had to wait for the contractions to push him further down, and he was well in view before I could try and push him out.

 

[Mrs Doddy]

I started pushing at 9cm and the midwifed were ok with this

 

[iwanababybump]

I got the urge at 9cm and started pushing without even thinking about it to be honest