#active birth

The pros and cons of home birth

So you’re thinking of having a home birth? You go sister! *whoop* *whoop* etc. It’s a very sensible plan if you are are having a complication free pregnancy. Unfortunately, quite a lot of women end up changing their minds after advice from others which, with the best of intentions i’m sure, is filled with scaremongering and incorrect facts. Mostly due to the fact that they are scared of it or…

Natuurlijk, bewust en actief bevallen

Natuurlijk, bewust en actief bevallen

De meeste bevallingen verlopen over het algemeen wel goed, maar er komt veel geschreeuw, pijn en gehuil bij pas. Met name als je medisch bent wezen bevallen in het ziekenhuis. Helaas was dat bij mijn bevalling ook het geval.

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Options for Prenatal Care-baby Care

They will help explain a lot of the choices available before, during, and after the birth and will tell you about labor, birth, and baby care. For more detail go to: http://www.baby-care-book.com.You’ll also meets other expectant parents with due dates near yours.

 if you’re planning a hospital delivery, hospital based classes can be useful, they’ll help familiarize…

Welp, 34.5 weeks pregnant (has it really been that long?!), and we have 6 days to move out of our apartment.

They apparently don't like bunnies, even though our landlord said they were, in fact, allowed. And we obviously can't get rid of them (it's like asking you to get rid of your family dog - uhm, NO).

I think we need to have a yard sale.

SO.

MUCH.

STUFF.

On the bright side, I made my hair a nice shade of dark, but bright, red. It's pretty damn awesome.

Also, we won't be paying almost $800 every month for rent, utilities and water. Woo.

Pretty sure we're just going to buy a house next time.

Hopefully we can find an awesome (livable) fixer-upper in Midtown (I LOVE renovating, love living in Midtown [I'll miss it for the next few months], and Midtown houses have the absolute best architecture and foundation).

I've recently posted this at www.thelazydaisychain.co.uk so thought I would share this here too.  A series of birth stories from mums attending Daisy Birthing classes with me...

Over the next couple of weeks, I would like to share with you a selection of birth stories from the lovely mums attending my Daisy Birthing classes.  It’s always the highlight of my day when I receive a text or email with baby news!

One of the things mums in class are often concerned about is having a “big baby” so I thought I would start off with a couple of stories of the births of some slightly larger babies....

Starting off with Clare's story....

"Well finally at 11 days overdue *baby came into the world weighing a whopping 10lb 5oz!!! We did get a little caught by surprise and not a huge amount of opportunity to implement what I'd learned as active birth was only 50mins in the end but I certainly tried to use the escalator breath, and when he was coming before the MW arrived I remembered your advice to get into the resting position to take pressure off the cervix. And I did manage to use the bearing down breath twice before he popped out."

And Nicky's story...

"I was given a sweep at 8 days overdue and booked in to be induced at 10 days over. At around 3.30am on the morning I was due to be induced I woke up and realised I was in labour. I managed at home using the breathing techniques and by keeping active, I had a bath for the backache and used a contraction timer app on my phone which seemed to help me concentrate too! Things seemed to progress fairly quickly so decided to leave for hospital dropping Finley off at nursery on the way, by the time we got to the end of our road my waters had broken! We got to hospital about 7.30 and there was a bit of a panic as there was no space on the delivery suite, I was really pleased though as this meant I would be in the midwifery led unit like i had wanted but told due to low platelets/anaemia that I wouldnt be allowed! I was examined and told that I had already got to 10cm-hoorah!! Rotate to dilate really does work lol :) I waited until I had the urge to push and then used gas and air. After hours of pushing on my own I was told that the baby was stuck and was taken to theatre to be prepped for an emergency c section and given a spinal block. I asked them to try a ventouse delivery and after only a couple of *baby was born at 10.22 weighing 11lbs 9.5oz!

I was so pleased that the techniques you had shown me had worked to move the baby when she was transverse but was absolutely over the moon to get to 10cm without any pain relief :)"

Amazing work mummies and just goes to show there is no need to panic if baby is measuring a bit big for your dates. Our bodies are built to birth and babies are grown to fit!

More inspiring birth stories to follow soon...

Active Birth is a philosophy of working with the natural process of labour and birth. An Active Birth is instinctive, following the spontaneous process of labour and birth using your own resources. Active Birth supports women to do what feels right for them and it can lessen the risk of complications during labour.

  As the term 'Active Birth' suggests, mums are encouraged to be active not passive during their labours. This approach promotes walking around, remaining upright (where possible), choosing positions for labour and birth freely, and finding ways to relax in upright positions.

Daisy Birthing is a unique relaxed active birthing concept as it brings together many techniques.  Through a movement based class similar to Yoga, mums to be learn active birthing techniques,  and relaxation techniques for pregnancy and birth. 

Daisy Birthing is suitable for everyone from 14 weeks of pregnancy, not just the super stretchy and movements are so gentle they are suitable even for mums to be suffering with back ache or SPD/PGP.

  Each class is relaxing in itself with breathing and positive visualisation exercises but each class concludes with a relaxation session. Practising relaxation through pregnancy can have benefits to you, for  your birth and for the early days with your baby. 

  Daisy Birthing classes give mums to be the chance to relax and unwind and really make the most of some “me” time.  Unlike traditional antenatal classes, Daisy Birthing is just as appropriate for second, third and fourth time mums.