Epidurals Benefits and Risks
There are both epidural benefits and risks that should be considered before you make your choice...
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Category: Childbirth
10 Easy Steps to Lower Your Risk for a Cesarean
Many expecting moms want to avoid having to go through a cesarean, or C-section, when giving...
Read MoreSelf-Paced Childbirth Recovery Lessons You Can Really Use
You might think that you are forced to get back to your old routine as quickly as possible after having a baby, but this certainly isn’t the case. Instead, you can—and should—take your time and move at your own pace. Check out...
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Where do I have my baby
While it used to be that a woman wouldn’t think of giving birth anywhere but in her own home it...
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What is HypnoBirthing
While preparing for the birth of my 5th daughter, I become interested in HypnoBirthing®, which I...
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Training for the Main Event – A Trimester by Trimester Workout Guide
Your body will undergo some remarkable changes over the next nine months, so it only makes sense...
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The Stages of Labour
When the finally arrives for your baby to enter the world there will be several stages of labour...
Read MoreSurvey Reveals Overwhelming Support for VBAC Desire for Better Care
In a recent survey, hundreds of mothers shared positive and negative feelings about their cesarean birth. While traumatic and disappointing described the majority of experiences, many also expressed gratitude. Hartford,...
Read MoreQuestion 5 Would you Describe Your Experience As Part 2 Negative Cesarean Comments
Because of the overwhelming amount of comments that we received on question #5 on the Post Cesarean Feelings Survey, I felt the need to split up not only the results, but the comments into two categories because they were...
Read MoreQuestion 6 Do You feeling like you were in control and respected throughout the process
Continuing to unveil the results of the World Wide Post Cesarean Feelings Survey that I recently worked on with Theresa from Healthy Baby Network, I wanted to move on to question number 6 which was “Did you feel like you were in...
Read MoreQuestion 4 What support did you have during labor
What support did you have during labor? Midwife : 18.2% Doula : 9.3% Spouse/Partner : 90.7% Family/Friend : 37.0% Hospital Staff : 49.2% I do not have very much to say about this in general, but there are a couple alarming...
Read MoreQuestion 3 If Elective or Planned Cesarean What was the Reason
Question number three turned out to be a very popular question with many comments. In fact I had to read through 20 pages, yes, 20 pages of comments to see which should be used or stood out the most.First, here are the results...
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