I absolutely adore running baby massage courses! It’s baby spa heaven – and parents also benefit greatly when giving baby massage…
These acronymns can help remind you of things to encourage your partner to do when in labour.
A woman in labour is an incredible and strong force! I am continually amazed at our power 🙂 Despite this, it doesn’t take much to knock a woman’s confidence when she is in the vulnerable state of giving birth – and many things can do this, words being one of them.
If you’re wondering what the short course entails then read on 🙂
Due dates – a pain the backside, but here to stay! Assuming all has been well with you, your pregnancy and your baby, you’re not actually ‘overdue’ until 42+1 – and even that’s debatable…
Did your midwife suggest a home birth to you? I generally find this does not get asked or talked about, particularly for a first time mother.
Giving birth is a huge physical feat, but your mind also has a huge role to play. The power of the mind is a vast subject, but in this blog post we touch upon the power of the mind for labour and birth.
You’ve done the course and focused on the all important practice. Your baby is on his way now, so how should you use your hypnobirthing techniques? What do you do when?
It may sound obvious, but using useful and specific breathing techinques during labour & birth is the most important thing. If you were to get one thing ‘down pat’ for the day, breathing is that one thing.
Labour and birth don’t always go as expected and it’s very useful to try not to be married to any one way of doing things. That said, writing a birth preferences/birth plan is also important as it gets you thinking about what you may like in any given situation.