Second Stage: The Pushing Phase of Labor

By Nancy Halseide

A collection of articles from Midwifery Today magazine on the second stage of labor. Contributors include Michel Odent, Carol Gautschi, and Cornelia Enning.

• Chapter 1: “Understanding Stages of Labour after the Paradigm Shift” by Michel Odent
• Chapter 2: “An Overview of Upright Positions during Second Stage Labor” by Jeri Layer
• Chapter 3: “Second Stage Evolution” by Elizabeth Allemann
• Chapter 4: “Why Wait until Second Stage?” by Carol Gray
• Chapter 5: “Allowing Birth to Be Birth” by Kristi Zittle
• Chapter 6: “Getting Pushy” by Alison Bastien
• Chapter 7: “Midwifing Second Stage” by Sister MorningStar
• Chapter 8: “Redefining Normal” by Elizabeth Perry
• Chapter 9: “Supporting Motherbaby in Second Stage Waterbirth” by Cornelia Enning
• Chapter 10: “Getting to Second Stage” by Carol Gautschi