It doesn't sound so bad, but what really happens is that she grabs you around the back of your neck, puts her full weight on her arms, and then squeezes you to death. If you manage to keep your balance, and your neck is not broken off, you get to do it again until the baby gets pushed out. Wiping her and making sure what lands on the pad is cleaned up keeps me and the doula busy between contractions. The midwife is monitoring the baby. We are standing in the dark on the floor next to our bed on the far end of the bedroom from the bath.
Pads are on the floor, but they keep getting kicked around, so there is blood on the carpet.
I just stepped in, otherwise it would be really gross. Laura is complaining because we are spending time trying to keep the pads in place. We move back to the bathroom. Laura tries the toilet position again, but the midwife is immediately trying to move her off of it saying that the baby won't fit between her and the front of the toilet seat. We start seeing some head, and the midwife has Laura touch it.