It is conceivable that lack of birthing positions at hospitals/ health
centers could be the contributing factor to
women choosing to give birth at home with
unskilled birth attendants who encourage
them to use comfortable upright position
according to their body signals. A simple
elevation of the back of the laboring
women with the easily available resources
of backrest, pillows could be beneficial to
maximize the important benefits of gravity
as it is easier for an object to fall towards
the earth’s surface, than to slide parallel to
it (Newton’s Law of Gravity) to augment
the labor process.