I've heard that hands-and-knees is better for "sunny-side up" babies, and for shoulder dystocia. Nothing to do with mom's size, although some believe that fat moms are more likely to have gestational diabetes and therefore more shoulder dystocia risk (which evidence shows is bunk). Hands and knees is fairly similar to the latter position described, if I'm envisioning it right. So maybe your friend had one or the other of these?
I spent most of labor hands-and-knees but didn't deliver that way. I think she may have been posterior and then turned.
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Date: 2006-01-04 11:34 pm (UTC)I spent most of labor hands-and-knees but didn't deliver that way. I think she may have been posterior and then turned.