Squatting in labor – a new understanding of an old position
We’ve known for years that squatting during the pushing stage of labor opens the pelvis and helps provide more room for the baby to be born.
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May 2020
Why do I need to take a childbirth preparation course? Can’t I get all the information I need from the Internet?
If you want to know all of your options so that you can decide what sort of birth you would like to have, then you need a course that will explain your options. The cliché, “If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any” is totally appropriate in this context.
MBCP – Mindfulness for Childbirth and Parenting
Mindfulness. It’s probably THE catchword of the decade and its popularity is only on the upswing. What is it? What does it have to do with childbirth? How can I use it for parenting? How is it different from hypnobirthing?
What I want my daughter to know before becoming pregnant or in early pregnancy.
There is SO much information on the internet and, coupled with specialized pages on Facebook and advice from girlfriends who have already made the transition to motherhood with a wide range of opinions (remember – they are opinions!!), we may feel daunted by all the things we might be made to feel we need to do, otherwise we might be harming our baby.