Engage your baby in the pelvis 👇🏽
One thing that has to happen for your baby to descend through your pelvis is for them first to engage. This means helping baby get closer to a 0 station (check out my free stations of baby series on YouTube for more info on what I’m talking about). This can happen before you go into labor or during labor. If our babies are at a negative station, it’s important that we open the inlet of the pelvis.
How do we do this?
You can open the inlet of your pelvis before going into labor by positioning your body in positions that have your knees out and ankles in. This allows baby to have more room to get his/her head in more easily.
Here are 4 positions you can try before labor in late pregnancy or during labor during #contractions. There are more but these are some great ones to start with.
How will you know baby is engaged?
There are a few ways to know.
One is to listen to your body. Are you feeling lots of pressure? The more pressure we feel (especially during labor), the greater chance we are feeling baby getting lower.
Another way is to look at how our bodies are naturally moving (check out my Full Stations Video for a full lesson on this).
Can baby be engaged before going into labor?
Yes! I’ve had many mamas go into labor and baby is already low and in the mid-pelvis (0 station).
Even if this doesn’t happen before labor, it’s great to hang out in these positions which are also low impact and restful positions during labor.
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