It’s what women have always known and what childbirth educators have always said. “Women should be encouraged to take up whatever position they find most comfortable in the first stage of labor.” Still, it’s nice to read the Cochrane review with this conclusion. (Cochrane is one of the most respected sources for information about evidence-based health care.) The authors also found that walking and upright positions in the first stage of labour reduce the length of labor. Read the review of the summary at www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003934.html.
