Wallace, Daniel C.2008-03-312008-03-312008-03-31https://hdl.handle.net/11299/5864The information provided in this handout does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Minnesota Medical School physicians and faculty. These materials are provided for informational purposes only and are in no way intended to take the place of the advice and recommendations of your personal health care provider. You use the information provided in these handouts at your own risk.Giving birth in the upright position holds several advantages over giving birth lying down. These advantages include: reduced duration of second stage of labor (less pushing time); a small reduction in assisted deliveries (deliveries that required the use of vacuum, forceps or csection); a reduction in episiotomies (an incision made to enlarge the birth opening); reduced reporting of severe pain during second stage of labor; and fewer abnormal fetal heart rate patterns. Despite these obviousen-USbirth positiondorsallithotomyuprightlaborOther