Can women really be relaxed in labour?
Below is proof this incredible image shows a near constant heart rate during labour for this mums homebirth.
You can see in the trace above her heart beat, energy and duration of labour.
The most striking thing is that throughout her labour her heart rate actually went down apart from a tiny increase during the birth. Her heart rate and level of energy expenditure where high in the beginning (what we term the excitement phase) when she was ...
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HypnoBirthing: No Swinging Watch or Pain
- ABC NEWS - April 30, 2010 -
In Marie Mongan's day, childbirth meant a sterile, medicalized birth with drugs, and if you happened to be awake, lots of painful pushing.
"Most women were totally anesthetized and out cold, and their babies were taken from them with forceps, except for the very few who didn't make it to the hospital and had them by the side of the road," said Mongan, now 77.
So Mongan, then a young New Hampshire English teacher, devised her own way to circumvent the system when ...
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What mums are saying about placenta encapsulation
As a Brisbane-based Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, the majority of mothers that I’ve encapsulated placentas for report one or more of the following:
Improved state of well-being
Increased milk-supply
Increased energy levels immediately after birth
Speedier recovery from birth and return to normal hormonal balance
Better ability to cope with interrupted sleep
What I find most interesting are the women who didn’t encapsulate their placenta for their first birth but have done so for...
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Benefits of a Natural Third Stage – Physiological Birth
The third stage of labour is when the placenta is birthed (usually within 30-60 minutes of the baby being birthed).
Today almost all 'civilised nations' who have women birthing in hospitals manage the third stage of labour with an artificial injection of ocytocin/ Pitocin /Syntocin in Australia). The purpose of this is to encourage the placenta to release from the uterus quickly, in order to prevent the occurrence of a Post Partum Haemorrhage.
In natural birth when this stage takes place w...
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The Mile’s Circuit – a simple positioning tool
The Mile’s Circuit is named after Megan Miles, a Birth and Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator and Student of Midwifery. The circuit is a simple set of positions used to achieve optimal positioning either before or during labour. Optimal positioning is considered to be the LOA position (Left Occiput Anterior) as this position facilitates a smooth entry into the pelvic outlet and descent for the baby.
The Mile’s Circuit has been used prenatally to rotate a baby from posterior to anterior pos...
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What HypnoBirthing preparation really brings | a practitioners perspective
By Bree Taylor Molyneaux
As a HypnoBirthing practitioner of over six years, I have experienced and taught many different couples in many different birthing situations. What HypnoBirthing provides is a wonderful opportunity for nearly all birthing couples, so I thought it would be nice to explain my personal perspective on that a little more.
In modern years, women have begun to dis-empower themselves from their bodies, which allows the concept that someone else knows better to flow to; so...
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The importance of support | the fourth trimester
By Bree Taylor Molyneaux
As a mum of nearly six years, one of the biggest underestimations that many new parents make when expecting their first baby, is the post birth recovery period which is also known as the fourth trimester.
The fourth trimester is based on the concept that after 37-42 weeks of gestation in the womb, a baby needs time to adjust to life on the outside and that this can take two to three months.
During this time it is useful to ease baby into their new life, which sudd...
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4 interesting things about your cervix ..
Cervix Credit - from an article on www.birthologie.com :)
Most women have no clue what their cervix is, where it is, its function or even what it looks like.
So here are some important useful things for you to know about yours
Childbirth 101: The cervix is supposed to thin and then dilate (open) from 0 to 10cm open during labor. Once at 10cm a women is then considered to be 'fully dilated' and can push her baby out into the world. Simple as that (or so we are told).
There are however a f...
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Five tips for getting the most out of your HypnoBirthing classes…
So many parents wonder how they can get the most out of their HypnoBirthing classes.
Brisbane Practitioner & Doula Trish Cumming gives you five great tips to maximise your learnings.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE– They say that practice makes perfect, but as with any new skill, you need to feel confident in your abilities when the time comes. Daily HypnoBirthing practice will not only help you to relax and rest during your pregnancy, but it will also mean you can “switch it on” ...
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Advantages of Endorphins during Pregnancy, Labour and Childbirth
Everyday tensions and stresses cause an array of physical and chemical reactions within us that can have negative effects on our health if not managed well. Such tensions can be heightened during pregnancy, and as labour approaches, if fear and concern are added to the mix, these bodily effects become more toxic, swirling through the mother’s system to be absorbed by the babe in her womb.
If that is not reason enough to understand how to prevent this process during pregnancy, there is another c...
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