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Birth Plans- Do You Really Need One?
Earth Mama Angel Baby® Pregnancy Products Earth Mama's Free Birth Plan 5 Reasons you need a birth plan no matter what kind of birth you want. You definitely need a birth plan if you are planning to have an: -epidural - waiting until you're at least 5-6cm dilated to...
Fears About Labor & Birth-6 Steps To Overcoming Your Fears
FEAR AND ANXIETY CAN BE POWERFUL ENEMIES HOLDING YOU BACK FROM ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS. 1. Write down your fears about labor and birth. I want _____________________________, but I'm afraid_________________________. I would like to________________________ but...
What Vitamins and Supplements Should You Be Taking In Pregnancy?
Am I getting the right nutrition in pregnancy? What prenatal vitamins do I need for a healthy pregnancy? What other supplements should I be adding to my Pregnancy Nutrition? Here's the List of Essential Vitamins for Pregnancy and Supplements that help you have a...
Advice For The First Weeks Postpartum
What do you really need after bringing baby home? One of my students gave this advice to her fellow Bradley Method students for bringing baby home, in an email, after her baby was 6 days old. What a wise woman, after only 6 days! Bringing baby home requires some...
No One Told Me About Hemorrhoids!
Hemorrhoids Are a Literal Pain in the Butt! If you're reading this blog post then I must have hit a nerve! I feel for ya! I've been there too. Pregnancy can have many challenges, but living with hemorrhoids is such a drag. Take heart because there are some things you...
Having Trouble Sleeping During Pregnancy?
Getting used to sleeping in pregnancy, on your side, is one of the challenges of being pregnant. I hear from my pregnant students all the time, "My hips hurt from sleeping on my side." My arm goes numb at night when I'm sleeping." My sciatica just gets worse and I...
Birth Plan For Family Centered Planned Cesarean Birth
Is it possible to have a beautiful Cesarean birth? If you discuss ahead of time with your doctors, anesthesiologist, and nurses, you CAN have a beautiful Cesarean birth. Below is a Cesarean birth plan written by two of my Bradley Method students. When they tried...
Family Centered Cesarean Birth
Dusan and I are finally getting settled in at home and thought it would be a good time to email you our birth story. Luka Simon was born on Friday, January 18th at 10:17a via c-section. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and had a length of 20.5 inches at birth. As most of you...
Labor and Birth: No Poopin’ While Pushin’?
by Liza Janda So many pregnant moms have a big fear of pooping while pushing out their baby. This is such a common fear, and it is so easily avoided if it's that big of a deal. Really, you won't even notice if you're pooping while pushing, you will be so focused on...
VBAC After First Baby Was Breech
Successful VBAC's can happen in 85% of women who had a previous Cesarean. I'd like to encourage women and couples to get as much education and re-education as they possibly can about childbirth and VBACs in general. There are some great resources for the support and...
