Intuitive Birth Preparation: From Pregnancy to Postpartum: Information

This is the first of two resource posts on labor and birth. (Following this will be a post with birth videos and stories.) These are some of the links I have gathered along the way and found helpful. I hope they help others, too.

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My 2nd homebirth: My husband and daughter loving me up before I birthed my son.

Natural Birth: You Can Do This

• Birth without Fear Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be Scared
• Moving through Pain and Fear to Strength (video)
• Painful Birth: Loving and Embracing It
• Ina May Gaskin Talks about Natural Childbirth
• Getting to Labor Land
• Relaxing through Contractions
• Natural Birth Relaxation Techniques

Mama: Birth Preparation

• Beautiful Birth on a Budget
• Birth Choices and Informed Consent
• Birth Plans
• Everything in Birth Is Your Choice
• “What to Expect (Do) When You’re Expecting” for Natural Parents: Top 25 To Do List
• Do You Really Need to Attend a Childbirth Class? (“If you think you are prepared for childbirth and don’t need to attend a class, ask yourself if you know these things…”)
• Obstetric Lie #88: The Birth Experience Doesn’t Matter
• Obstetic Lie # 94: We Care about Your Birth Plan

Mama: Labor

• How to Push: Your Official Guide (Hint: Listen to your body!)
• Preventing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Step. Away.From. My. Vagina!
• The Perineum, Privacy and Normal Birth
• The Female Pelvis Is Designed for Birth (video)
• Fetus Ejection Reflex
• What Are the Risks of Epidurals?
• Natural Ways to Induce Labor
• Spinning Babies: Easier Childbirth with Fetal Positioning
• What You Don’t Know about Your Cervix Can Ruin Your Birth
• 5 Reasons to Avoid Induction of Labor

Baby

• The Miles Circuit (series of positions for optimal prenatal positioning or for stalled labor, back labor or difficult positioning)
• Ultrasound, Doppler and Pinard Horns
• Delayed Cord Clamping (with must see photos!)
• Cord Around the Neck (nuchal cord): What Parents and Practitioners Should Know

Postpartum

• There Are No Ordinary Moments: How to Be the Best Postpartum Visitor
• 20 Ways to Help the Parents of Newborns
• Herbs for Postpartum Care
• Placenta Encapsulation with Pictures
• Happy Pills: Placenta Encapsulation (also has pictures)

VBAC/HBAC

• ICAN: VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) info and support
• VBAC, HBAC and VBAMC Resources
• VBA3C Study: VBAC after 3 Cesareans Is Safer than Repeat Cesarean (plus birth video)

Resources

• Homebirth Handbook
• Homebirth Prep in 9 Steps: A Guide to Planning Your Homebirth (Newsletter/Email series)
• Pain-free Childbirth (ebook…with 30 day money back guarantee!)
• Online Childbirth Classes

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