READY, SET PUSH
NO ONE WANTS a long, drawn-out and exhausting labour, but a “cannonball birth” isn’t ideal either. (You know, that’s the kind you see in the movies where it all happens so fast, the woman gives birth en route to the hospital.) Aside from the back seat of a car just not being comfortable, it’s not an ideal or safe place for you or baby.
“If it’s too fast, there’s a greater possibility of tearing, and it can be stressful for the baby,” says Gayle Friedman, Cape
