Reframing How You Think About Labor Pain
The simplest explanation of how we feel pain is that our bodies sense pain…
The simplest explanation of how we feel pain is that our bodies sense pain…
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, was first used as a labor analgesic…
In this episode, we are talking about epidurals. There are three separate procedures that…
About 98% of all births in the United States are in hospitals. Even if…
When you have made it through most of your pregnancy and are in the…
The third trimester goes from weeks 28 until your baby’s birth, around 40 weeks….
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COVID-19 has caused a lot of changes to birth plans over the past few…
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