Creating a Successful Birth Plan
Whether you're giving birth naturally, or planning for an epidural, it's all starts with having a birth plan. Making these decisions in advance will help you create the best birth experience possible.
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Choosing Your Health Care Provider: Birth Doulas
We're continuing our series which explores your options when choosing your health care providers. This episode focuses on birth and postpartum doulas? How can they help you have the birth you've always wanted? And how can they make those first few weeks after birth more enjoyable as well?
The Benefits of Professional Birth Photography
We don't think twice when hiring photographers to capture life's most precious moments, so why not hire a professional birth photographer? Learn more about this process works and what you can expect throughout your labor and delivery experience.
Childbirth Preparation Methods: Bini Birth
Bini Birth explores many different methods of childbirth, approaching birth as an individual process that each woman explores in her own way. Today we'll hear from its creator Ana Paula Markel. What are the main principles behind this practice? What are the most effective ways to learn its principles? And what should you expect if you take a class?
What Are My Pain Relief Options During Unmedicated Labor?
So, you’re going for an unmedicated birth… but what happens if you need some pain relief before your baby is born? What options do you have if you still want to have a natural childbirth experience?
Can I Eat or Drink During an Unmedicated Birth?
When trying for an unmedicated birth… can you eat and drink if you get hungry or thirty? That’s the big question… because it takes a lot of energy to push a baby out of your body and you’re going to need all the help you can get.
Your Pelvic Floor After Giving Birth
More than 50% of women experience issues with their pelvic floor after giving birth. So, what are the common problems and how can they be treated?
Life After Birth Trauma
Anyone who has given or witnessed a birth can experience emotional trauma. Some may try to sort it out on their own or just brush it off, while others may swap stories or vent to similarly traumatized moms. However, these approaches often only provide temporary relief and healing can be more elusive. Doula and Childbirth Educator, Shelley Rahim, offers some insight into emotional birth trauma and ways to move forward.
Your Recovery After Birthing Twins
If you’re expecting multiples, you already know that your pregnancy is a bit different from singleton moms, but what about the postpartum recovery period? Moms of twins face some special challenges when it comes to healing and today we’ll give you the 411 on what to expect.
The BG Birthingown
The BG Birthingown is the best in the next generation of mommy-must-haves! Made of indulgently soft fabric, the BG Birthingown wraps around mommy's beautiful, pregnant curves! Baby fine velcro at the shoulders allow for IV's, BP's and of course, breast feeding babies! Full coverage in both the front and back. By untying the BG, partners and doctors… Continue Reading