Quote Originally Posted by turkishproverb View Post
Huh. Good to know. Good luck convincing doctors to change it.
Doctors already know that. They have you give birth on your back because despite being the worst position for both the mother and baby (and leading to a bunch of complication) it's the most practical one for the doctor. And they tend to prefer procedures that are all planned and so on rather than have to adapt to every single case (since they'll already have to adapt to anything that goes wrong).

So, yeah, don't worry about it, the doctors already know all about that. The best position is the one the mother will feel best in, and usually that involve gravity working with you and not against you. Some moving around can help too. In the end it depends on the person though (and of the baby, the same woman might find different positions to be the best giving birth to different children).