by Liza Janda | Jan 11, 2016 | Labor and Birth Advice, Nutrition For a Healthy Pregnancy |
Want to avoid Pitocin, induction of labor? Want to avoid an unplanned Cesarean? Eat right to make sure your bag of waters stays intact before labor begins. Unplanned cesareans can happen if the mother’s waters break before labor begins. Why? Hospitals and doctors put...
by Liza Janda | Dec 17, 2015 | Easier Labor & Birth, Labor and Birth Advice |
Do We Really Need More Cesareans? Yesterday, an article from The Washington Post appeared in our San Diego Union Tribune. “ Researchers believe that raising the World Health Organization’s recommended rate of C-sections beyond the current 10-15% could result in fewer...
by WP Management Team Dev | Sep 14, 2015 | Labor and Birth Advice
Have you decided how to have your baby? The choice is yours! First, you should learn as much as you can about all your choices. There are many different ways of caring for a mother and her baby during labor and birth. Birthing care that is better and healthier for...
by WP Management Team Dev | Sep 13, 2015 | Easier Labor & Birth, Labor and Birth Advice
How Will I Know If I’m In Labor? What Are The Signs Of Early Labor? What Should I Do When I Realize I’m in Labor? Before the signs of early labor begins there are a lot of hormonal changes going on inside your body. You start making less progesterone and more...
by WP Management Team Dev | Mar 28, 2015 | Labor and Birth Advice
Here’s how to make sure you don’t get labor induced, unnecessarily, because of low AFI (amniotic fluid index). If you do all you can to make sure you are fully hydrated, and you still have low AFI, then that may indicate a problem and getting labor induced may...
by WP Management Team Dev | Mar 26, 2015 | Labor and Birth Advice
We’ve all seen videos or TV shows with a pregnant mom doing the Lamaze breathing that goes something like this, “hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha.” Well, besides sounding a little ridiculous, who in the...
