I was in the middle of pushing Dash out when I heard someone say call 911. I was less than two minutes postpartum with Benny when the urge to push came back. Dash was being born breech. His limbs and body came first — that part, with a breech baby, is actually the easier part. It’s the head that’s last. And when a breech baby’s body is out and head is still in, everyone in the room is on a clock. My team was telling me to push. Loudly. And I remember thinking clearly to myself, I know…I’m waiting for a contraction. Here’s what I didn’t know. After you deliver your first baby, your pushing contractions stop. Your body has completed the task it was building toward. The low pressure you feel as a baby descends? Gone. Your nervous system is already anesthetized from one delivery. There is nothing to push against. You have to tell your brain to push and hope your body hears it. Nobody told me that. The second thing: I heard “call 911” and felt my entire body react. What I know now — ...