My DD was OP, all the pain of labour was felt in my back and nowhere else, I went into the all fours position purely for comfort, it was the only way that eased my pain, all fours balancing precociously on a birthing ball, on diamorphine scaring everyone around me that I would fall off the bed hahaha, anyway, she eventually turned thankfully, otherwise I fear it would have been a very long drawn out do!
If on palpation I feel it is OP (by the distinct shape and dip at the umbilicus) then I suggest sitting on a dining room type chair leaning over the back of it with your legs around it (IYKWIM) and also rocking the pelvis, scrubbing the floor hehe, or ironing, due to the motion of swinging the hips, that said they will go where they want, but from experience all their labours seem to last a lot longer, and the contractions tend to be felt in their backs, last thing these women need is to get on the bed x

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