Pushing during Labor and Delivery (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Pushing during Labor and Delivery

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Alison Cahill, MD, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, talks with patient Kaylee Prestien at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Cahill led a national study of 2,400 first-time pregnant women. The research showed that the timing of pushing has no effect on whether women deliver vaginally or by C-section.

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