Can you poop while giving birth

So, there might be a good reason why women poop during labor. But, of course, don't worry if going No. Greves said that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does not recommend exposing babies to bacteria or "vaginal seeding. Before vaginal seeding can be done, patients need to be tested for staph and sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia and gonorrhea, so mom doesn't transfer anything dangerous to baby.

That means the back of the baby's head was is pressing on your butt while her face is looking up at your bladder bladder. The optimal position to push out a baby is with the back of the head up towards the bladder and the face looking down at the rectum. It's just a better fit than the other way around. Lots and lots of labors start in this OP, "sunny side up" position and through the course of labor, baby rotates into the easier, occiput anterior OA position.

Not all do, though, and it can make for long labor with lots of back pain and more pushing than if baby was coming out OA. If you feel like you need to poop and your contractions aren't back-to-back and extremely painful—you probably just need to poop. Poop happens in labor in tandem with all those contractions as a natural way to clean house in preparation for baby.

Poop happens while pushing the baby out too and there's nothing you can do about it. Poop just happens. If you're at the hospital, in labor and feel a need to poop that you haven't felt previously—tell your nurse. She'll probably check your cervix before letting you up to the bathroom just to prevent you from delivering your baby in the toilet Yes, that happens occasionally but rarely.

Baby doesn't drown and everyone's OK. Kriss Zulkosky, RN 1 article. I find childbirth and women in labor to be completely inspiring. The fact that birth can be messy is one of things that makes it beautiful.

Your nurse has seen it time and again, and will be there to help quickly clean up without bringing attention to it. One of her recent TikTok videos went viral with more than 10 million views—seen below from her Instagram account—and it's all about this specific concern of many pregnant women. She revealed that a question asked by a lot of her patients is: "What happens if I poop in labor? And you really can't control it or stop it. To provide more intel, she asked several of the nurses in her hospital what they thought.

A lot of giggling followed—we never grow out of those poop jokes, right? Pooping during labor is NBD.