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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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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Optimal Foetal Positioning
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
How you sit and use your body can affect the position of your baby in the uterus. While this does not matter so much during early pregnancy, later on it can affect the position that the baby moves into the pelvis, prior to labour starting.
When you regularly sit in a slouching type of position and your pelvis rocks backwards, this can encourage your baby to enter the pelvis in a "posterior" position as their back, the ...
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Preparing for Birth with the Epi-no
Written by: The Pregnancy Center
Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Sophie Villeneuve who runs Beyond Birthing, helps pregnant mammas to prepare their pelvic floor for an empowering birth and full postpartum recovery.
Sophie has kindly given us permission to link to her videos, and in this video she shows how to use the Eip-no to stretch the vagina in preparation for birth, aiming to prevent vaginal tearing.
She shows you on herself, how to use the Epi-no fo...
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