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Tag: birth preferences
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What to Write on a Birth Plan
Have you heard nurses laughing at birth plans? Have you encountered OB’s tossing them to the side and saying, “No,” to them? Or gone over your ideal birth with a group of pregnant people and had your ideal plan picked apart? But you want to make certain that some things do or do not happen
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Who is the Right Doula for You?
There’s an interesting article written last week on CNN where they interviewed a labor and delivery nurse. The article talks about advocating for yourself in labor and mentions hiring “the right doula for you.” The nurse has a phenomenal approach to individual birth spaces, and I loved her candor when she spoke about having the
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Eating During Labor
After having labored several hours with term PROM (prelabor rupture of membranes), Cathy (not her real name) was tired. She wanted to hear that she was close to done. She wanted to be able to push. But more than that, she wanted to eat. She hadn’t had anything in 16 hours! Not since an hour
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How to Know: Intuition in Birth
What’s the difference between listening to fear, your intuition and your ego? How do you know which inner voice to listen to? Is there a way to tell them apart? “Trusting your body isn’t contingent on you avoiding medical care when you need/want it. Trusting your body is also listening to your intuition and signs
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