15-20 minutes, so i knew she had a point. we talked about options, and i told her that i wanted to avoid a c-section unless it was absolutely necessary. the baby was not in distress, so she let me keep trying to push her out. i pushed for about an hour on all fours, a long time on one side with a leg twisted in the air, then on the other side. then i pushed again on my back. after a long four (yes four!) hours, my doctor said that not a single one of my pushes had moved the baby's head at all. i started to panic when she 