Stacy will lead you in exploring the specific needs of pregnant yoga students, how yoga can benefit expectant mothers, as well as yoga, breathing, and meditation for
comfort during labor and birth and much more.
Not exact matches
During the
labor and birth of your baby, your Doula offers help
and advice on
comfort measures such as breathing techniques, relaxation, movements,
and comfortable positioning.
I offer a personalized, holistic care
during labor and birthing in the
comfort of your home, with the assistance of a trained
birth assistant.
A good class will equip you with invaluable knowledge on the processes of pregnancy
and birth, as well as teach you
and your partner some skills
and tricks for
comfort during labor,
and caring for your baby.
These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch
and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar
and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to
labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of
comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating
and drinking as needed
and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value
and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier
labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital
during labor (going too early can slow progress
and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned
birth en route), being able to choose how
and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments
and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents
and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding
and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies
and those without insurance,
and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering
and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy
and birth experience.
Class 4: The Onset of
Labor: Your «Guess Date»
and Normal Length of Pregnancy; Preparing for your Birthing Day; Signs of Birthing Beginning; Amniotic Membranes Breaking — Your Safe Choices; True vs. «False»
Labor; How to Time Your Birthing Waves (contractions); Your
Birth Log; When to go to the
Birth Place; Automatic
Comfort and Relaxation on «The Drive»
and Arrival at Your Place of
Birth (if out of your home; Hypno - Guardians; Nurses — the Unsung Heroes; Using Hypnosis for
Comfort During Internal Exams; Dilation, Effacement, Position
and Station of Baby; The Beautiful Progress of
Labor, Including Fast, Average
and Slow or Stalled
Labor; Artificial Induction
and Natural Induction Techniques; Creating a Safe
and Serene Birthing Environment; Nausea Elimination; Optimum Fetal Positioning.
My job is all about supporting, listening,
comforting, educating
and empowering moms, dads
and partners
during pregnancy,
labor,
birth and postpartum.
The focus of a
birth center is natural childbirth, which means that women are moving around freely
during labor, eating if they are hungry, availing themselves of
comfort as needed (massage, compresses, visualization,
and relaxation techniques),
and generally allowed to have their babies their way.
Topics include physical changes
during pregnancy, signs
and stages of
labor, when to call your provider, pain relief options, coping methods
and comfort techniques, the role of the support person, induction, cesarean
birth and postpartum changes.
At your birthing location I will remain with you throughout
labor and birth and provide emotional, physical,
and evidence - based informational support on various position changes,
comfort and relaxation techniques, on the
labor and birth process; provide understandable explanations of various medical techniques; implement the
birth preference plan that you developed
during your pregnancy; facilitate discussions with your doctor / midwife
and the medical staff;
and provide support
and guidance in outlining alternatives if changing the
birth preference plan becomes your choice.
With the many unknowns that can occur
during childbirth, many women feel
comforted by having a
birth plan that expresses her desired wishes for
labor, delivery
and postpartum care.
Take a class or two at the hospital
and hire a doula to help educate you on
birth plans,
comfort measures
during labor and postpartum care.
Talk about their
comfort level with parts of your body being exposed
during labor and birth.
Water has been used for centuries to ease
and comfort mothers
during labor and birth and give newborns a gentle start in life.
This 6 - class course covers common tests, procedures,
and alternatives
during pregnancy
and labor, anatomy
and physiology of
birth, variations of
labor,
birth plans, natural
comfort measures, medical pain management, avoiding unnecessary interventions
and a c - section,
labor scenarios,
and discusses mindfulness practices
and relaxation exercises.
Using effective
labor and birth positions can greatly increase a woman's
comfort level
during birth and also shorten her
labor time.
Together we created a
birth plan describing how Lily wanted to be
comforted during labor and her wishes concerning medical interventions.