http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2018/05/11/doula-culture-of-consent I gave birth seven years ago in a Boston-area hospital where I generally consider the care to be excellent. I arrived near the end of my labor, my cervix almost fully dilated. After an hour of moving freely around my hospital room, my midwife and labor nurse said, “It’s time for you to get intoContinueContinue reading “A Doula’s Call For A ‘Culture Of Consent’ During Childbirth”
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How to Align Baby for an Easier, Faster Birth
http://www.mothering.com/articles/align-baby-easier-faster-birth/ (click to read) Your baby has an active role in her birth. She must rotate and tuck, hold and kick her body in certain ways to be born. These movements, called cardinal movements, are instinctive to babies and differ for babies in different positions. Our babies and bodies birth quickest and safest when the babyContinueContinue reading “How to Align Baby for an Easier, Faster Birth”
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