Modrzejewska Elżbieta, Torbé Dorota, Torbé Andrzej. The evolution of maternal birthing positions. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(8):807-810. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3408045 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7184 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.07.2019. Revised: 25.07.2019. Accepted: 18.08.2019. The evolution of maternal birthing positions Elżbieta Modrzejewska1, Dorota Torbé2, Andrzej Torbé3 1Clinical Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin 2Doctoral Studium of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Żołnierska 54 str., 71-210 Szczecin, Poland 3Chair and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Av. 72, 70-111 Szczecin Poland Corresponding author: Prof. dr hab. n. med. Andrzej Torbé Chair and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72 70-354 Szczecin Abstract Birth of a child is an unique time in the life of every woman. Unfortunately, labor is often one of the most painful and traumatic experiences suffered in her life. For a long time lying on the back position was the most commonly used birthing position. In many hospitals, women were even forced to give birth in this position. However, multiple studies revealed that the supine position is linked to multiple negative maternal and neonatal outcomes. The purpose of this paper was to describe the history and advantages of alternative birthing positions. Key words: birthing positions, history