Unlocking Engagement in Birth Classes with Interacty Interesting Ways to Explore Pregnancy, Birth, Babies & Breastfeeding In the digital age, where attention is as fleeting as it is valuable, engaging an audience requires more than just compelling content; it demands an interactive and immersive experience. This is particularly true in educational settings, where the traditional …
Prenatal Exercise Programs Online Exercise Programs to Enhance Your Pregnancy + Prep for Your Birth Moving your body during pregnancy has all of the same amazing benefits as moving it before pregnancy: heart health, improved mood, strength, stamina, flexibility, and an overall feeling of well-being. In addition to your body and brain benefits, it improves …
Rookie Birth Preparation Mistakes From a Veteran Childbirth Educator After teaching birth prep for 20 years, attending 2 separate childbirth classes for myself and giving birth to my own 3 kiddos, I have seen a lot in the birth classroom. I have observed repetitive themes over and over, and I would love to give you …
My Water Birth Experience At Home in a Birth Pool I have always been drawn to the idea of a waterbirth. It took 4 pregnancies and 3 births to get there, but I finally did it. My 1st birth was a very uneventful, unmedicated hospital experience. My 2nd birth was an exciting, accidental freebirth on …
Breastfeeding Challenges & Concerns Early Problems: How to Avoid + How to Heal Potential Problems Engorgement The Basics hard, painful, swollen breasts – ouch! may initially present between days 3-5 post birth when milk transitions from lower volume colostrum to higher volume mature milk can reoccur when this is a mismatch between milk production & …
Giving Birth with an Abusive Partner My Reflections on Birthing with Horrible Labor Support My first marriage was abusive. We don’t need to spiral into the reasons why I ended up in a verbally, emotionally & physically abusive marriage at 19. I was in it. I was there. I was living an isolated existence in …
Build a Birth Playlist How Music Enhances Your Labor Experience Many different areas of the brain light up when listening to music. It can evoke memories, produce dopamine, increase pleasure, regulate emotions and influence coordination & movement. With all of those benefits, it seems like it might be a really great tool to add to …
Baby Naming Tips Give Your Kid a Kickass Name That’s Unique to Them Names are powerful. They have history, they have meaning, they have ancestry & they will be repeated countless times over the course of your child’s life. Make it good. As parents, we tend to spend endless hours scouring baby name lists, taking …
Precipitous Labor aka Speedy Labor Before you panic, precipitous labors, or fast labors, only make up about 2% of all births. It is considered precipitous if it lasts 1-3 hours, start to finish. 2/3 of my births have been precipitous so I do have some experience in this category. Let’s quickly go over precipitous labor, …
Things Your Mom Never Told You About Birth Birth Mirrors Sex Two subjects that are too taboo to talk about in polite society – sex & birth – are both part of the same spectrum. Sex and birth mirror one another for a myriad of reasons but the simplest explanation is that they are both …
