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Guidance, resources, and wisdom from a team of doulas and childbirth educators to help prepare you for a safe, healthy, and empowering pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond.

Labor Pain: The Important Role it Serves During Childbirth
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Labor Pain: The Important Role it Serves During Childbirth

Childbirth is an extraordinary journey filled with awe-inspiring moments and a wide range of emotions. Along with these beautiful moments, however, comes labor pain - an integral part of the birthing process. While the idea of enduring pain may seem intimidating, it is crucial to recognize the important role it serves during childbirth. In this article, we will delve into the significance of labor pain, shedding light on how it benefits both the mother and the baby.

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My Mission for Childbirth Education

My Mission for Childbirth Education

As a childbirth educator, my goal is to promote normal birth, build women’s confidence in their ability to give birth, and ultimately provide the knowledge and skills birthing people need to give birth normally in the current maternity care system. In order to meet these goals, we need to help birthing people learn more about the normal birth process and identify their options.

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8 Practices for a Safe and Healthy Birth and Postpartum

8 Practices for a Safe and Healthy Birth and Postpartum

Steps to take to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy and birth. Drink half your body weight in ounces everyday, eat 5 servings of fruits and 5 servings of veggies everyday, walk 30 min/day, get sunshine, eat ground flax seeds, do prenatal yoga, eat naturally occurring folate, eat a variety of healthy fats.

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Breathing for Releasing Tension During Labor

Breathing for Releasing Tension During Labor

Breathing and how to use it to cope with pain during labor and birth. Learn why we need to think about this helpful technique and how pain and discomfort experienced during labor and childbirth has a spectrum that ranges significantly. You may hear some stories of a fast and easy birth or a long and arduous birth or one that was very emergent or scary or extremely painful. Part of getting to a place of not being fearful is understanding what purpose the pain serves during labor and birth.

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Balanced Nutrition: Healthy Pregnancy & Birth

Balanced Nutrition: Healthy Pregnancy & Birth

If you desire a birth free of (or minimal) medical intervention, one step you can take is to ensure you are getting the proper nutrition for you and your baby. To keep it simple, start with ensuring each meal includes Protein, Fat, Fiber, and Greens...with a small side of healthy carbs. Below is a list of healthy options to consider as well as some of the evidence supporting the connection between balanced nutrition during pregnancy and positive birth outcomes.

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Tips to Avoid an Unnecessary Cesarean Birth

Tips to Avoid an Unnecessary Cesarean Birth

Your birth matters…no matter how, where, or with whom you birth. Natural or medicated. Vaginal or cesarean. Each baby matters. Each woman matters. For some, having a c-section is absolutely necessary (about 15%) but for others, c-sections are happening unnecessarily. Tips to avoid an unnecessary cesarean.

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