5 Relaxation Techniques to Use During Labor
As we know from some women’s birth stories and in documentaries such as Orgasmic Birth, childbirth is not always a painful, negative experience. Why is that? Well, relaxation is key to reducing or eliminating pain during labor and birth. Unfortunately, our...
How to Prepare for Labor Pain
When we ask the question “When you think of birth, what comes to mind?”, one of the most common responses is “pain.” Some cultures believe that the pain of childbirth is a right of passage. Many HypnoBirthing moms report feeling only pressure rather than pain –...
How to Push a Baby Out Fast
In HypnoBirthing, we break childbirth into 2 phases: labor and birth. Labor is when the cervix is thinning and opening to prepare for the baby to move down through the birth path. The actual birth phase is when the baby is moving down the birth path (vagina) and out...
10 Tips for Turning a Breech Baby
In the United States, an ultrasound is typically scheduled for 35 weeks of pregnancy. Providers are looking for a few different things during this imaging, one being the position of the baby. The optimal position for childbirth is a baby in the head-down position....