In my work as a birthing specialist, I like to create a sacred atmosphere throughout the entire
labour and birth process.
Not exact matches
It helps the mother go into a natural state of
labour and thereby makes the
birth process less traumatic, more manageable
and enjoyable too.
She has authored several national clinical practice guidelines
and articles on evidence - based midwifery practice in low resource settings,
and was a member of the Midwifery Task Force that led a Delphi
process to draft the 2012 Joint Statement on Physiologic
Labour and Birth.
Twelve critical success factors, including «the right attitude, focus, leadership, teamwork, support,
and a personal
and financial commitment to best practice
and continuous quality improvement,» were identified, based on practices at four Ontario hospitals with comparatively low caesarean rates.19 The «right attitude» included taking pride in a low caesarean rate, developing a culture of
birth as a normal physiological
process,
and having a commitment to one to one supportive care during active
labour.
At the end of the year - long course the trainees should be able to talk the
labouring mothers through the
birth process and teach natural
birth preparation classes.
Asked about safety concerns of her planned home
birth, Surette - Nelson explains: «Because this was my second uncomplicated pregnancy, my familiarity with the
labouring and birthing
process left me with few major concerns about the safety of a home
birth.»
Women who are knowledgable about the
process and stages of
labour and birth know what to expect
and are empowered when their bodies are doing what they have read about.
When a woman comes to the hospital in
labour is not the time to learn about the
process of
labour and birth.
colouring book was very helpful in exploring my beliefs that I had about being pregnant,
labour and breastfeeding
and getting an inner strength to believe that
birth is a natural
and joyous
process.
Milli Hill usefully divides
labour into 14 stages, so you know what's going on with your body
and your baby through the entire
birth process.
I feel that women
and their partners do much better with privacy
and intimacy during the
birth process and that, my role is to sometimes protect that privacy
and intimacy first of all by educating them that that might be really important
and to talk about you know the effect both positive
and negative about um, support during that time can be or even just letting people know hey, we're in
labour, the Facebook kind of thing but you know keep it quiet, keep it down, don't fritter the energy away by drawing other people to it or drawing the expectation that something's happening rather than just letting something evolve... I think guarding the space by keeping the space as calm
and quiet
and private as possible is key
and giving people tools to do that during the prenatal time to deal with over eager family members or friends.
You've planted the seed at least,
and one day after she's
processed the
labour portion of your
birth she'll know what normal is!
Most couples who have their babies at home do so, like us, because they know that
labour and birth are normal physiological
processes, which are aided by peace, calm
and privacy
and as little outside intervention as possible.
For an amazing article on this moment of «return»,
and of the other parts of the
birth process, we encourage you to check out The Holistic Stages of
Labour by Whapio Diane Bartlett, who we quoted above.