Five Essential Questions to Navigate Procedures & Interventions
Overview You will have many opportunities to opt in or out of interventions in your pregnancy, birth,…
Labor Signs and the Start of Labor
Overview When you have made it through most of your pregnancy and are in the final stretch,…
Navigating Each Stage of Labor and Birth
Overview How you experience labor and birth will be unique for you. While each labor is different,…
Hydrotherapy and the Benefits of Water During Labor (Baths, Showers, and Waterbirth)
Overview Hydrotherapy is a broad term that encompasses many different treatments around the physical properties of water…
Unmedicated Birth
Overview Unmedicated birth comes with many benefits but also has its challenges. If you plan to avoid…
Reframing How You Think About Labor Pain
Overview The simplest explanation of how we feel pain is that our bodies sense pain when nerves…
Other Pain Management Options During Labor
Overview You have several pain management options for labor and birth. The availability of specific methods may…
Nitrous Oxide During Labor
Overview Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, was first used as a labor analgesic in 1881….
Epidural
Overview In this episode, we are talking about epidurals. There are three separate procedures that can be…
Birth Center
Overview A birth center is a middle ground between home birth and a hospital. You get the…
Hospital Birth
Overview About 98% of all births in the United States are in hospitals. Even if you plan…
Skin to Skin Contact
Overview No matter what type of birth you have, the most important thing after your baby is…
Inducing Labor Naturally
Overview There are a lot of rumors about things you can do or food to eat to…
Inducing Labor
Overview In a perfect world everything works like it is supposed to, your body is ready, your…
Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Overview During your labor and birth, your doctor or midwife will be monitoring your baby’s heart rate…
Precipitous Labor and Birth
Overview You have a vision of what you imagine your labor going like. There is always the…
Prodromal Labor
Overview You spend nine months preparing for your labor and birth, and suddenly it is here, and…
The Evidence on Vaginal Exams Before and During Labor
Overview In the last month of your pregnancy, you will be seeing your doctor or midwife weekly….
Timing of Skin-to-Skin Contact & Delayed Cord Clamping
Overview Picture the moment your baby is born. The umbilical cord is still connected on one end…
Delayed Cord Clamping
Overview Your baby’s umbilical cord is their lifeline. The reason for this, is that it is constantly…
Breathing During Labor
Overview Breathing is something we are constantly doing and seldom paying much attention to. When you are…
When is a C-Section Absolutely Necessary?
Overview A cesarean section can be a lifesaving procedure for a mom or a baby. In a…
Gentle Cesarean & Vaginal Seeding
Overview Nearly one-third of babies in the U.S. are born via cesarean section, which is the most…
Nuchal Cord (Umbilical Cord Wrapped Around Neck)
Overview A nuchal cord happens when the umbilical cord is wrapped 360 degrees around a baby’s neck….
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