Natural Induction Methods to Consider Please make sure you are nearing or past your Guess Date (“due date”) before considering any of these ideas. As always, you should seek the advice of a medical doctor or midwife to answer any health-related or pregnancy-related issues surrounding your pregnancy, labor and delivery, or before starting any new […]
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Shannon called me at 2PM on Thursday and said her water had broken not long after her induction massage! I was happy to hear she was having some pressure waves already. She was going to get ready and have her parents come over for the big kids and head over towards the hospital. (She lives
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This is a common question I was asked when I was a Hypnobabies Instructor. The latest you can start Hypnobabies The Hypnobabies Home Study and also live class is a 6 week program, so the latest you can start is 34 weeks. Babies do come as early as 37 weeks, so 32 weeks is really the
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Avoid interventions that are not medically necessary. This is wonderful advice, but how can you do this? Choose Your Care Provider Carefully! How can you know if your Care Provider uses unnecessary interventions? Ask Questions! If you don’t like their answers, then change. It is never too late and is well worth the work. Here is
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A lot of moms choose their care providers from friend recommendations, PCP recommendation or just randomly picking one out of the insurance choices. This is dangerous. Take time to really research this choice, because it can have a HUGE impact on your birth. Their impact on your birth often starts before your birth even begins!
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Shannon took my Hypnobabies Class while planning on a VBAC a few years ago. She enjoyed the classes and hired a free doula in training. Her OB ended up scaring her into a repeat cesarean due to “low fluid”. Her doula in training called to tell me that the OB said, “low fluid, you can
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Take time to create the social support team you need to have a better birth. From a supportive birth partner to online groups and everything in between. Learn about the 3 different types of social support and how to build your team Personal – Family and Birth Partner Professional – Such as a Birth
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There are different mental tools you can use as you prepare for and then during your birth. Your mind is very powerful, so harness it for your birth! In this episode I share a few different mental tools you can use. 🙂 Hypnobirth Tool Visualize Your Birth In Hypnobabies class we teach Moms to
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I am so grateful for a Baby Story TV show I saw while I was pregnant with Devon. A mom shared a story about kick counting and how it changed the outcome of her pregnancy. Doing Kick Counts is Easy I was on bedrest with Devon and had plenty of time to do kick counts.
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Your choice of a care provider is one of the most important choices you will make regarding your birth! So Choose Wisely! How can you know if you have the right care provider? I have a recording all about how to Create Your Best Birth Team and also a Worksheet you can download by taking
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It was so much fun teaching Hypnobabies Childbirth Classes. I met so many great people and many are still my friends today! I have so many different funny and awesome stories from when I was a teacher. I compiled some of them together and shared them on this podcast episode. Here are a few of
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In this podcast episode, I share my insights into both of the programs. Listen Here or on your favorite podcast player! I took HypnoBirthing with my 2nd baby and Hypnobabies with my 3rd. I originally wrote this when my Hypnobabies class ended. The bold thoughts are what I added after I had Bryson. Immediately when
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Women have been birthing babies for thousands of years. Your body already knows how to birth a baby, but often our mind gets in the way of letting our body do what it knows how to do. How to strengthen yourself mentally for birth? Getting our mind out of the way may be easier said
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I was looking back through my blog and I don’t think I ever have told the story of how kick counting saved my baby’s life. I don’t tell this story to scare you, I tell it to let you know what you could do if your baby isn’t moving as much today. What is Kick
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I know no one chooses to become a Mom, just so she can get a medal. Podcast about how Moms Deserve Medals came to be. I “love” to hate the My OB said What? blog. Here is one quote that really got my goat! “She doesn’t deserve a medal. She deserves a stamp on her forehead that
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