Preparing for Birth Start Here

Navigating Labor and Birth: Your Roadmap from Start to Finish

Overview Every labor and birth experience is unique, but most follow a familiar journey. This episode guides…

Preparing for Birth Start Here

Overcoming Fear and Anxiety to Go into Birth with Confidence

Overview All expectant mothers experience some level of anxiety or fear about the unpredictability of labor. Not…

Interventions and Tools Preparing for Birth

Optimal Labor Positions for a Shorter and Easier Birth

Overview For most of human history, a mother in labor was free to move around and change…

Birth Plan and Preparing for Birth Preparing for Birth

Reframing How You Think About Labor Pain

Overview The simplest explanation of how we feel pain is that our bodies sense pain when nerves…

Birth Plan and Preparing for Birth Preparing for Birth

Birth Changes for the Foreseeable Future

Overview COVID-19 has caused a lot of changes to birth plans over the past few months and…

Birth Plan and Preparing for Birth Preparing for Birth

Braxton Hicks Contractions vs. True Labor

Overview Braxton Hicks contractions are sporadic “practice” contractions that many pregnant women experience during the second and…

Interventions and Tools Preparing for Birth

Fentanyl

Overview Fentanyl is an opiate that can decrease the intensity of contractions but will not numb the…

Prenatal Care Your Care Team

Midwife or OBGYN?

Overview Should you see a Midwife or OBGYN?  Your care provider is the cornerstone of your prenatal…