by Liza Janda | Sep 7, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Labor started off at 11:45 Friday night with contractions about every 7 minutes. By 4:30am they’d made it to 3 minutes apart but not quite strong enough to head to the birth center. Our midwife told us to press on and we did. I labored all over our apartment and...
by Liza Janda | Jun 2, 2016 | Natural Birth Stories |
I didn’t know what to expect exactly with this second pregnancy. My first live birth was my daughter and she was born at 42 weeks after 8 hours of pitocin and 5.5 hours of labor. I had a lot of expectations for this second baby’s delivery – things that I wanted to “do...
by Liza Janda | Feb 18, 2016 | Backache in Pregnancy, Easier Labor & Birth, Natural Birth Stories |
Cohen James was born at 10:38pm on February 4th (two days after his due date).I started having contractions in the afternoons for a few days prior, but they were very mild and always stopped when I went to bed. On the 4th, I woke up at 3am with mild...
by Liza Janda | Feb 10, 2016 | Easier Labor & Birth, How To Avoid A Labor Induction |
8 Tips on How to Avoid Labor Induction: 1. Start acupuncture at 35 weeks. To avoid a labor induction and for all the “stars to align” and labor to start on its own and go smoothly, your hormones need to be balanced and your baby needs to be in the optimal position....
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...
