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Date of Award

Spring 2024

Degree Name

Master of Medical Science (Physician Assistant)

Department

Physician Assistant; College of Health Sciences

First Advisor

Alexia Arhontakis, MHS, PA-C

Abstract

This article aims to introduce alternatives to supine positioning, expand on current risks that birthing women face in the United States, review current practice guidelines on birthing positions, and discuss some recent literature that examines the outcomes of alternative positions. The goal for this piece is to bring diversity to the PA workforce’s understanding of positions that can be offered or encouraged in the second stage of labor. Utilization of more varied labor positions may be more comfortable for the birthing person and may potentially result in fewer complications. Therefore, offering alternative positions in labor is a low-risk and high reward intervention to implement in a health crisis of rising maternal mortality and concurrent obstetric provider shortage.

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Alternatives to Supine Birthing Positions: A Special Interest Topic for OBGYN Physician Assistants

This article aims to introduce alternatives to supine positioning, expand on current risks that birthing women face in the United States, review current practice guidelines on birthing positions, and discuss some recent literature that examines the outcomes of alternative positions. The goal for this piece is to bring diversity to the PA workforce’s understanding of positions that can be offered or encouraged in the second stage of labor. Utilization of more varied labor positions may be more comfortable for the birthing person and may potentially result in fewer complications. Therefore, offering alternative positions in labor is a low-risk and high reward intervention to implement in a health crisis of rising maternal mortality and concurrent obstetric provider shortage.