Pushing more information

Here is a compilation of different pushing posts.
Purple Pushing
Here was my experience of pushing Bryson out.
What does Breathing your Baby out mean?
Gloria Lemay’s Article on Pushing for Primips (first time moms)
Upright Pushing blog post by Rixa.
Desiree has a great post about pushing and some good questions to ask your care provider before your birthing [...]

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Breathing Your Baby Out

Pushing…
 
By “breathing baby down”, we mean that moms are breathing, “aaaahhhhhh” to open their throats, because we know that if their throats are open and relaxed so are their bottoms. Through a process called peristalsis, our ‘gut’ which is one continuous tube, ‘communicates’ from one end (the mouth) all the way down through the digestive [...]

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This is Genius!

A mom who wants a VBAC and is frustrated by the lack of support she is getting, decided to write a
Consent form for OB’s
which if they read, they would see how wrong they are!
Please go check it out, it is really brilliant.

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Pushing Bryson Out

I need to write a whole blog post about my pushing. When I was birthing Bryson and my husband was filming it, I never though it would end up on You Tube! My DH didn’t want the whole thing out there, so I cut that out of the You Tube version.  I do show the [...]

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Purple Pushing

This birth story exemplifies how a good birth can change and become stressful during the pushing stage, if care providers insist on purple pushing.  Mother directed pushing is much gentler and frankly most un-medicated moms do not need any direction in how to push.  Their bodies know what to do!  We need to get out of their [...]

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Informed Consent

My favorite class to teach in my Hypnobabies Childbirth Education series, is class 3.   In this class we discuss all the options of different interventions that may be offered before, during or after your birth.  Ranging from internal exams in the last few weeks of your pregnancy to epidurals. 
What are the pros and cons of [...]

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My Birth Video is in a Contest!

I entered into the Birth Matters Video Contest.  If you can watch and then go and rate it.  Leave a comment too!  I love to share the joy of hypnosis for birth. 

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Trusting Birth

Trusting the birth process is often hard for women to do.  They have been indoctrinated with negative stories about birth since they were born; from their own birth story their mothers shared with them, to the stranger in the grocery store when they are pregnant and the TV shows they watch.
How are they supposed to [...]

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International Birth Week

In celebration of International Birth Wisdom Week, I decided to share my experiences with supporting women all over the world!
I have the best job in the world!  I get to help women from all over the world prepare for a comfortable, empowering and enjoyable births using Hypnobabies.  How is it possible to help women all [...]

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Birth and Mommy Bloggers – Join our International Birth Wisdom Week!

This is from the wonderful Independent Childbirth birth community I belong to!  Which is a wonderfully supportive group of Childbirth Educators who teach independently (visit website to find out more!)
We are holding a cyber event *** International Birth Wisdom Week*** next week.  We would love all birth or Mommy bloggers to join!
All you have to [...]

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