I used a birth ball during labor with both of my own kids, and I credit it
with helping labor progress as well as with relieving my aching back.
The pressure of the baby on your pelvis may then prime your cervix for labor — or may
help labor progress if you've already felt some contractions.
Because I am a certified birth doula, I am available to you and your birth team, to provide guidance on physical comfort, informational support, and emotional support and suggestions to
help your labor progress naturally and peacefully.
You will also learn how to use positions with an epidural to
help your labor progress, like how to use a peanut ball.
If you are laboring with an epidural, you can still use movement and position changes to
help your labor progress.
You are encouraged to move about freely during labor, and the midwife will suggest positions to
help your labor progress.
Used to induce labor or to
help labor progress, Pitocin is the synthetic form of oxytocin, the hormone that causes contractions.
«They're usually used to
help labor progress and to aid with painful contractions,» Garrett - Brown says.
If a woman is not making progress with a certain position, encourage her to try other positions, as these may help the baby move down or turn to
help labor progress, but in the end it is the mother who should have the ultimate say in her position.
When fearful, your body produces more adrenalin and less oxytocin, the hormone that
helps your labor progress.
Midwives are experts in supporting the physiological birth process: monitoring you and your baby during labor, helping you into positions that
help labor progress, protecting your pelvic parts from damage while you push, and «catching» the baby from the position that's most effective and comfortable for you — hands and knees, squatting, even standing — not the position most comfortable for her.
Learn about other ways to
help labor progress.
This can
help the labor progress.
In the morning, the plan was made for vaginal delivery and Pitocin was begun just after 12 p.m. in order to
help labor progress.