Patent ID: 7318810

Claim:
A method for lessening the duration of the active labor and pushing stages of childbirth, said method comprising: Providing a birthing aide, said birthing aide comprising entirely of an elongated cord having a mother's end and an aide's end, said mother's end comprises a handhold knot and a pair of arms extending from the handhold knot, each arm terminating in a wrist loop, said aide's end comprises at least one loop; The aide providing a source of resistance at the aide's end of the cord; The mother inserts her hands through the wrist loops allowing the wrist loops to hang loosely about the wrists; The mother grasps both hands about the handhold knot; The mother pulls tension against the source of resistance so that the force exerted by the mother's perineal and rectal muscles are increased; Wherein the wrist loops provide no support for the mother, said wrist loops will catch momentarily on the wrists of the mother should the mother loose grip providing a quick step down in the tension of the rope.