Table of Contents: A quick reminder about the amazing pelvis! Two important pelvic exercises to prepare for birth Optimal Pelvic Positioning for pregnancy, labor & birth Positioning during labor should feel good What should I do right now to prepare for my birth? As you prepare for your upcoming birth, you may be starting to …
Did you know that the position of the baby impacts how it can move during labor and the quality of the birth? Positioning is one of the major influences on the kind of labor that occurs and the way a new mom’s baby is born. The most favorable position is called occipito anterior (OA) prior …
What if eating just six dates a day in the last four weeks of pregnancy helped you avoid an induction, helped your cervix to dilate, and therefore shortened your labor, without drugs and without adverse effects?1 Knowing there are risks that accompany any drug, finding a natural alternative is attractive. We are all born …
How will I know when to push? You’ll know because you won’t be talking about it anymore; it will just be happening. This most simple of answers is true even if a bit tongue-in-cheek. When someone is close to pushing, the rectal pressure can feel intense and people often talk a lot about it – …
Parents, if you have landed here, you are on your way to being amazing parents. Below are the quickest tips that summarize some key things we teach new parents in Child Birth Education classes. We hope they empower you to learn and ask more, as well as create some wonderment about birth and mothers’ abilities: …
Culturally, pain in labour appears to vary subjectively between different groups of people. Ina May noted a significant difference between the expectations of Dutch and American women, where the Dutch women believed, “the woman’s body knows best and that, given enough time, nature knows best and that, given enough time, nature will take its course”, …
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