Mother directed pushing

  When I had my first son, I said those 4 magic words I need to push! I remember the nurses taking out this big light from the ceiling, going to get the doctor, everyone was running around. Then they pushed my legs up and started yelling at me to push. Then to wait and to push again. I got lucky and only had to push for 15 minutes before my son was born, but I was so tired.
  At that time I had no idea about mother directed pushing. This pregnancy I have definitely done a lot more research. I first heard about mother directed pushing reading my Hypnobabies book. From there I researched and researched.

I found a few great articles.

Pushing During Childbirth- Spontaneous or Directed

When pushing turns purple: What's a Doula to do?

To Push or not to push

Pushing