What birthing position is least likely to cause tearing?

Squating? You are not taking a dump you know. Worry about the baby being born right instead of being so selfish and vein. You feminist liberal women never seize to amaze me how self centered you are. Try it missionary in a water tub or bed.

It is best if you are able to move around, and do what your body tells you. Ask about what sort of pain relief will allow this. (Epidural's won't but gas and air does.) To me, it's perfectly natural to avoid pain.

Stitches are necessary only in the case of an episiotomy to prevent tearing during birth There's really not much to being 'stitched up". It's not a long gash. It's just 3 or 4 stitches, and you don't even feel it when they put them in. The stitches dissolve on their own in a few days - they don't have to be removed.

You can have a natural birth and still have an episiotomy and stitches. A vaginal birth IS a natural birth. If you say you want a natural birth, that just means you don't want to receive any pain killers.

Look into midwives or hospitals that use birthing chairs. They give support while promoting a more natural, upright position for the birth of the baby compared to being on your back.

However, the size of your baby and how well your vaginal area stretches is what will determine how much tearing you have. Position alone is not a guarantee of no stitches being needed.

Depends on the size of the baby & you won't much care what position you are in when you are in labor.

My gut says suatting is probably most natural.

The reality is that whether or not there is tearing has much more to do with factors outside of your control than anything else, such as the size of your anatomy, elasticity of your vaginal tissues, size and compliance of the baby's head, and speed of delivery.

Don't go it alone. Get a midwife.

depends on how baby decide to come out, pick the position that is most comfortable, small tears do not require stitching