Ami Burns, a doula, recommends
sitting on a birth ball with your legs wide open.
I leaned on my kids» Learning Tower while
sitting on my birth ball as Squire, Mom and Misty started to fill the birth tub.
Sitting on the birth ball in the shower felt amazing and I even fell asleep some.
I got out and walked, swayed and
sat on the birth ball for a couple of hours to help get through contractions (which were still every 4 - 6 minutes at this point).
Sitting on a birth ball is a great alternative.
Try walking, rocking,
sitting on a birth ball, lunging and other positions.
Sitting on a birth ball (exercise ball), being in the water, and lying on my side in bed were the three things that most helped me with pain relief.
Sit on the birth ball the same way you did during pregnancy.
Not exact matches
I recall
sitting in our small, dark front room of the house
on the
birth ball, looking out onto 23rd St., imagining that our street, our neighborhood will be different, transformed in some way, once the baby arrives.
Many women use
birth ball in labor to
sit on and then leaned over a stack of pillows
on their bed.
For Labour: Your
birth plan and maternity notes Your mobile phone & important phone numbers
on paper Change for parking An old / dark nightie / t - shirt / top Lightweight dressing gown or Pretty Wrap Pointelle Wrap Cardi Slippers Cosy socks Hairband, hair ties & grips High energy snacks & drinks Bendy straws (to sip drips with when you're not
sat upright) Lip balm Camera / Video camera / Mobile phone camera Magazines / books / MP3 player / tablet Phone charger TENS pain relief machine Birthing
ball Relaxation techniques
The average cost of live childbirth class is more than $ 300, plus you have to add the cost of transportation, the babysitter (if you have kids) when instead you could be just
sitting on your couch (or the birthing
ball) and learning about
birth.
They want to
sit on a massage
ball or they want to have a water
birth or they're going to have the epidural at stage zero.
Like a
birth ball, this can be used to
sit on, to stretch, or for better posture (and probably also to bounce a fussy baby (I'll keep you posted
on that one!).
On the floor
sits a kiln - shaped chunk of clay out of which have emerged, as it seems, dough
balls, cannonballs and even curious heads, as if the clay had given
birth (how did he scoop them out?).