Labour
Preparing for the birth of your baby, like any special event, takes planning and organisation. It is also something that you will spend time learning and reading about. Here you can find some more insights into what you can do to help you prepare for the birth of your baby or your babies.
Bellydance For Birth
Written by: Maha Al Musa
Why is it good for you and your baby?
by Maha Al Musa
Women aren’t meant to give birth on their backs. It just doesn’t work as well! Throughout the ages and throughout the world, women have moved, swayed, squatted, and danced through their labor. In the Middle Eastern culture I come from, that movement is belly dance. It is a sensual dance that helps the birthing mother move in a way that...
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Pelvic Rocking
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Pelvic rocking is used by women in labour to help them focus during contractions and it can assist with moving the baby down the birth canal. Some women find this quite a natural thing to do, timing their breathing with their rocking, to give them a focus. Other women will practise this as a choice of another ‘toolbox’ tip for taking into labour.
Pelvic rocking can be used in upright positions, for example leaning...
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Labour and Life
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Labour is a challenging process when thinking about it, talking about it, preparing for it and going through it. Labour is called labour because it is considered hard work. There are many takes on what hard work is though, and every single woman will have their own measure of what hard work is for them, hence for each woman, labour will mean something different.
When I was sitting for a moment, reflecting on what to write ...
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Josh's Birth Story
Written by: Cindy Mulcahy
BIRTH PREPARATION
I have always viewed pregnancy as a nurturing, beautiful and loving time of ones life and I always looked forward to the day when my husband and I made the conscious decision to start our family. My belly took so long to grow and the baby seemed to take forever to start kicking. I loved every single day of my pregnancy and for the first time in my life, loved my body and was happy wearing fitted clothes to show...
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Learning relaxation to use for labour...
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Often in life, we have experiences that we would consider to be stressful, and the thought of labour for many women can be very stressful.
If you knew that you had an interview tomorrow, a blood test or a dentist appointment, how would that make you feel? If you had ten things to do before this, how do you think your body would start to react?
There are fairly typical responses to ‘stress’ in the body which can inc...
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