Not exact matches
Especially when I hear other
birth stories
and there are many obvious signs of distress, long
and drawn out in a rough
labor,
and the baby comes out kicking
and screaming... Now that we can look back on her
birth day, while holding a healthy, resilient little one, I'm still trying to figure out a way to disconnect the wonderful,
powerful, redeeming qualities of my experience, from the terrifying experience at the very end.
Stolzer finds it comical that most mothers won't touch a cigarette or a caffeinated drink while they're pregnant — which is commendable — but then have no problem in going to a hospital
and having
powerful narcotics mainlined into their arm during
labor and birth.
Epidurals lower the mother's production of oxytocin, 8 or stop its normal rise during
labor.9 The effect of spinals on oxytocin release is even more marked.10 Epidurals also obliterate the maternal oxytocin peak that occurs at
birth 11 — the highest of a mother's lifetime — which catalyses the final
powerful contractions of
labor and helps mother
and baby to fall in love at first meeting.
I
labored in my own clothes which was a
powerful way to feel less like a sick patient
and more like an individual working towards a healthy
birth.
The Deep Muscle Release uses
powerful progressive relaxation, breathing & visualization techniques incorporating all 5 senses to enable you to recognize & actively release tension from each area of your body so that once
labor begins, you will be able to easily maintain full body relaxation
and effective breathing patterns to facilitate a comfortable, peaceful
and stress - free
birth.