Have you heard the nonsensical statement: 'You breathe all the time and you'll breathe in labour'. Duh! But think about it. Screaming is breathing. Moaning, groaning, crying is all breathing. Shouting, holding your breath, yelling are all forms of breathing. And too many women use all of those breathing patterns.
In reality, it's important to learn really good breathing patterns that you consciously choose to use throughout your baby's birth journey. Yes, that's right. You need good breathing skills and so does your support person or coach.
The basis of learning good breathing patterns comes from understanding that all humans breathe in only 4 ways. There are variations of those 4 ways.
Knowing which of the 4 ways are sustainable (one of the 3 qualities) opens the door of understanding to which variations are adaptable (another of the 3 qualities). Then it's all about 'choosing' to use (the 3rd quality) your good breathing patterns throughout your baby's birth no matter how challenging. The most important 'choice' you'll ever make in your baby's birth is how to use your inhalation to expand inside your pelvis and how to use your exhalation to soften inside your pelvis.
Learn good breathing patterns, adapt them as sensations change and use them to do the work of giving birth no matter how that unfolds.
Have you heard the nonsensical statement: 'You breathe all the time and you'll breathe in labour'. Duh! But think about it. Screaming is breathing. Moaning, groaning, crying is all breathing. Shouting, holding your breath, yelling are all forms of breathing. And too many women use all of those breathing patterns.
In reality, it's important to learn really good breathing patterns that you consciously choose to use throughout your baby's birth journey. Yes, that's right. You need good breathing skills and so does your support person or coach.
The basis of learning good breathing patterns comes from understanding that all humans breathe in only 4 ways. There are variations of those 4 ways.
Knowing which of the 4 ways are sustainable (one of the 3 qualities) opens the door of understanding to which variations are adaptable (another of the 3 qualities). Then it's all about 'choosing' to use (the 3rd quality) your good breathing patterns throughout your baby's birth no matter how challenging. The most important 'choice' you'll ever make in your baby's birth is how to use your inhalation to expand inside your pelvis and how to use your exhalation to soften inside your pelvis.
Learn good breathing patterns, adapt them as sensations change and use them to do the work of giving birth no matter how that unfolds.
We breathe all the time. While a woman gives birth her breathing changes all the time. When a woman has great breathing skills then she is more likely to cope and manage the natural occurring pain of labor contractions.
What about a woman who is having a Caesarean birth? She can use her Directed Breathing skills to control fear or anxiety, pain or excitement and stay involved and engaged in her baby's birth journey.
How does Directed Breathing improve the skills of a Birth Coach? When a father/other actually has the skills to help a woman cope and manage the experience of giving birth then the woman feels great and the coach feels valuable.
Directed Breathing is not just about breathing, it's all about using breath to expand and soften individual parts of the birthing body. This can reduce pain, create space and give focus and just plan fill time by doing something for yourself.
Directed Breathing is one of the very best childbirth skills for the birthing woman and birth coaching dad.
Public Relations Campaign designed by 8 students in a PR class taught by Arhlene Flowers at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Campaign was designed to help local client Rachel Verlin, and her company Heart Thread Yoga.
The role of the doula in the labor and delivery roomRachel Leavitt
This slideshow documents the importance of doulas in the labor and delivery room and the benefits of continuous labor support. It was created to specifically address the needs of continuity of care and collaboration between doulas and the medical professionals that care for birthing and laboring women.
During pregnancy, exercise can help you stay fit and prepare for childbirth. From WTE we show a set of guidelines to perform any training most appropriate way.
Guidelines for antenatal care and skilled attendance at birth by ANMs/LHVs/SNsAnil Mishra
Abstract:
Prepared by the MOHFW in 2010 to strengthen and operationalise the 24X7 PHCs and designated FRUs in handling Basic and Comprehensive Obstetric Care including Care at Birth, this guideline reorients the service providers particularly the Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), Staff Nurses (SNs), and Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) for providing skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth.
Keywords: Maternal Health, Newborn Child Health, Quality of Care, Health workers, ANC, Obstetric care, Guidelines, Government
Year of Publication: 2010
Source: MoHFW
A Heavenly Welcome - Kingdom Childbirth Class Slides
Empowering women to birth their babies in the joy and presence of God.
http://aheavenlywelcome.com
Osteoarthritis lecture from Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
Disclaimer : not my slide. Just uploading for my personal use..
Slide presentation which discusses some of the causes of high prices in the construction industry, especially for the public market, with a suggested course of action to correct the problem.