6 Powerful Ways to simplify your birth experience

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I know for sure that every mama wants to have the best, and easiest birth experience ever! Am I right? Mama do you want the best and easiest birth experience? if your answer is yes, then you have come to the right place. Did you know that movement is a crucial part of a successful labor experience?

Seeing that your Labor Day is fast approaching, let me help you to learn the many ways you can prepare “Powerful Ways to simplify your birth experience.”

Why bring it up since the advantage of movement during labor is very famous? Regulating or discouraging mobility during labor is unfortunately a prevalent practice in American hospitals. Additionally, it’s typical for people going through labor to get medical procedures like continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) and/or an epidural, both of which severely restrict movement.

What therefore can you do to ensure that moving around and changing postures are a part of your work? Before giving birth, prepare for success by learning everything you can about how to move throughout labor.

I have had 4 deliveries and I can tell you I know how frustrating it is to lay in bed during labor, restricted to a bed. it is very uncomfortable. After going through the experience I try my best to educate women about the easy measures they can try while restricted to in- hospital beds during labor. Movement in bed is by far the best resort to assisting you in having a smooth labor transition.

Step #1 Attend a class on childbirth.

Of course, not just any childbirth class. Verify that a significant portion of the session will be devoted to discussing and practicing movement and positions for labor and birth by calling or emailing the instructor. This is covered in depth in Maternal Treasures childbirth classes that are necessary.

In our classes we give you everything you need to succeed in your birth and parenting life. Our classes are packed with evidence- based information to help you succeed with confidence, while erasing the fears.

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Step # 2 Educate yourself about childbirth

Too busy for a class time? If you are too busy  for a class, spend your time reading, watching videos, and honing your birthing techniques at home. A brief educational film from Lamaze discusses the value of moving during labor. In addition, read Penny Simkin’s book The Birth Partner, which describes in full the different ways you can move during labor. You can also take the Maternal Treasures online , and virtual childbirth classes. You can sign up today.

Step # 3 Talk to your midwife, OB, and hospital staff about your interest in movement during labor

Consult with your birthplace, OB, or midwife. Inform your caregiver that you value movement throughout labor and delivery and ask them how they can support and encourage an active labor and birth. During a tour, have a similar discussion with the staff at your hospital or birthing facility. Inquire about their support for a laboring person who intends to move about. Sign up for your FREE birthplace here.

Step #4. Stay home as long as you can

As much as possible, stay at home when giving birth. In a childbirth class, you will learn all about the ideal time to travel to your birth location, which will come in helpful at this point. You’ll have greater freedom to move about at home and a higher chance of recovering from labor the longer you stay at home.

While a home birth is ideal for a normal uncomplicated delivery, birthing at a hospital is also good provided complications develop. However, if you are birthing at a hospital, I suggest you stay at home as long as possible. When your contractions are almost unbearable as a first time mom, you can go to the hospital.

The earlier you go, the more likely you increase your chances of having a Cesarean section.

Step # 5 Have a midwife, doula, or your birth partner ready for the big happy day

Get a midwife , doula or get ready with your delivery partner. You increase the likelihood that your decision to have an active labor and birth will be fully supported and encouraged by inviting someone to your birth who is aware of the value of movement during labor and knows when and how to move.

Tip #6. Move in bed during labor

Here’s why movement during labor is so crucial to have the best and easiest birth experience ever!

During labor, your uterus, a muscle, functions more effectively when you walk or move about (Roberts, Mendez-Bauer, & Wodell, 1983). While in an upright position, gravity is used to help bring the baby down, changing positions regularly helps the baby find the ideal fit through your delivery canal (Simkin & Ancheta, 2005). A change in posture can often help you “find your groove” again when labor stalls.

Getting on your hands and knees encourages the baby to rotate and lessens back pain if your baby is in a posterior position (with the back of the baby’s head toward your spine) (Stremler et al., 2005). If your baby is posterior, your labor may last a very long time and be quite challenging until the baby turns to be anterior, with the back of the head toward your front.

You could get fatigued at times when giving birth and need to relax in a comfortable posture. However, a 2003 research published in Nursing Research found that lying down makes a laboring woman’s lower back pain worse (Adachi, Shimada, & Usai, 2003). If you have alternative options for relaxing except sleeping on your back, you can obtain the sleep you need without experiencing greater pain.

Using beneficial positions and movements during labor

You will practice a variety of positions and motions in childbirth education classes, including how to rock your pelvis and employ methods like the lunge, the stomp/squat, slow dancing, the knee/chest position, and stair climbing. You’ll find it simpler to use labor tools like a birth ball or a rebozo (a Mexican shawl) if you practice using them. You are more comfortable using different postures and motions during labor if you have practiced them beforehand.

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The goal of Maternal Treasures Birth and Parenting Education blog is to help you to birth like a pro . It is my goal to inspire you to give birth with maximum confidence and the least fear. Remember fear is a barrier to a successful labor and delivery.

If you would like me to feature your birth experience story to help someone else you can email me @marilyn @maternaltreasures.com. I would be happy to feature your birth experience in our posts related to birthstones. Telling about your birth story can help someone to to have hope in a good outcome of their birth experience. tell about the highs and lows and about the things that made it so phenomenal.

Conclusion

Freedom of movement makes labor easier. I encourage you to raise the bar in your labor experience and move in labor. Do not remain stuck in one position. I recommend my clients to walk if at all possible, and if not possible, to turn from one side to the next, or even changing to your back position is better than staying in one position.
If you walk and change position in labor, you may have faster labor, experience increased comfort, be more likely to give birth vaginally, and have a better sense of control.

You will have more freedom of movement if you choose a provider and birth setting that give you many options for movement and that do not routinely use medical interventions. I hope this post was very helpful for you. If you follow the info I guarantee you will see good outcomes in the months to come. For more exciting information about pregnancy, link @ https://maternaltreasures.com/?p=460&preview=true. thank you for stopping by today and I hope your labor experience be one of confidence, joy, and happiness.

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