by Liza Janda | Dec 7, 2015 | Bradley Method, Positive Birth Stories |
Our labor and birth story did not go as planned, but in the end it was still an empowering experience, although frustrating at times. I think it’s nice to have a list of what your priorities are for your labor and birth, and what importance you attach to them. Our...
by WP Management Team Dev | Oct 28, 2015 | Bradley Method, Positive Birth Stories
41 weeks, 2 days. A grim number when you want a home birth with a midwife. The thought of hitting that 42 week mark scared me into a lunging, walking, acupuncture and herbs for induction machine. California law mandates she can no longer be our care provider after 42...
by WP Management Team Dev | Sep 25, 2015 | Bradley Method
Who Can Give Birth Using The Bradley Method? Any pregnant woman who is healthy and low risk can go through labor using the Bradley Method. Though we advocate natural childbirth because it is the safest and healthiest way to give birth for both mom and baby, there is...
by WP Management Team Dev | Aug 31, 2015 | Bradley Method
What is your childbirth class all about? What do immunizations have to do with learning about preparing for labor and birth? Uh…Not Much! Maybe Nothing! Here is a question I get in every childbirth class, “Are you going to go over vaccinations?” My answer every...
by WP Management Team Dev | Aug 17, 2015 | Bradley Method, Natural Birth Stories
Let’s Try Some Natural Labor Induction First This was my first pregnancy, and I was nine days overdue. To avoid a medical induction and to naturally induce labor I tried three methods of natural induction: I took a homeopathic blue cohosh, caulophyllum, (click to...
by WP Management Team Dev | Jul 29, 2015 | Bradley Method, Natural Birth Stories
Things got moving on Wednesday, July 1st. I had been having noticeable Braxton Hicks contractions for several weeks but something felt different in my belly that day. I can’t explain what, but I mentioned this to one of my co-workers that morning. I...
