by Liza Janda | May 5, 2019 | Birth Plans, Labor, Nutrition For a Healthy Pregnancy, Pregnancy Checklists |
Nothing By Mouth So many women, 60%, are told by their hospitals, nurses, and doctors that they should have no food during labor and nothing to drink. This is a perfect example of one of those hospital policies that has perpetuated for years and years but is not...
by Liza Janda | Apr 10, 2019 | Induction of Labor, Natural Induction |
Can I Start My Labor with Nipple Stimulation? The answer is both yes and no! Depending on how many weeks along you are in your pregnancy, nipple stimulation can have an effect on your cervix and your uterus. this is one effective natural induction of labor technique....
by Liza Janda | Jan 29, 2019 | Coaching a Labor/Birth, First Stage Labor, Labor, Labor and Birth Advice |
What are the signs of labor? How do you know labor is about to begin! How do you recognize signs that labor is near? If you pay close attention, you can see these signs of labor. And it means your labor and birth are happening. You’ll be holding your baby soon!...
by Liza Janda | Jan 17, 2019 | baby, Massage for Pregnancy and labor, Nutrition, Pregnancy Checklists, Recommended Reading For Pregnancy, Uncategorized |
Once you hit that 5month mark in your pregnancy, you can start to feel your growing baby move inside the uterus. At first it feels like a little butterfly floating around in your belly. Ah! But then that miraculous feeling of those first real kicks and stretches of a...
by Liza Janda | Jan 2, 2019 | Bradley Method, Induction of Labor, Natural birth, Natural Birth Stories |
If She Can Do It, So Can I My mom is not a particularly big woman. In fact, she is petite. However, she gave birth to two very big babies. My sister was born at over 10 pounds, and I was just under 10 pounds. I knew that I was probably going to give birth to a big...
by Liza Janda | Dec 1, 2018 | Easier Labor & Birth, Induction of Labor |
When interventions are used during labor and birth, there are many risks to maternal safety, not to mention safety for your baby. You may think that induction of labor, another intervention, is standard for a lot of women. So many women in my childbirth classes and...
