November 15, 2010

Learn how to have a natural, comfortable birth: Sign up for classes now Just say “NO” to pitocin, artificial rupture of membranes (AROM), Cervidil, Cytotec, and other medical inductions! Learn the ROPEs of Natural Labor Induction. There are four main hormones that govern the process of labor and birth: Relaxin, Oxytocin, Prostaglandins, and Endorphins. We want […]
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October 4, 2010

The article Pushing for First-Time Moms, written by midwife Gloria Lemay, is one of the best I have ever read about the second (or pushing) phase of labor. In HypnoBirthing, we teach moms to follow the lead of their own bodies, bearing down when the urge comes, and avoiding “purple pushing”, which restricts blood flow and oxygen to the baby, and creates tension in the perineum. Women with epidurals are allowed to “labor-down” during the second […]
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