by Audrey | Aug 26, 2019 | midwifery, Out of Hospital Birth, Preparing for Birth
Congratulations your 36 weeks its time for us to talk about your birth plan! Only one more week and you are “legal” for out of hospital birth! First things first, you can’t actually plan your birth. While perhaps you were able to plan your wedding, a...
by Audrey | Aug 2, 2019 | Out of Hospital Birth, Preparing for Birth
Birth is an incredibly intimate and special time. You may have several people with whom you wish to share this experience. Here are a few things to consider as you plan who your support team will be. You are Never Obligated to Invite Anyone No one...
by Audrey | Jul 29, 2019 | Out of Hospital Birth, Preparing for Birth
This is a pretty common question we get and the answer is YES! In fact we want you to eat in labor! No one would ever expect an athlete to run a marathon on a empty stomach so we certainly don’t expect you to labor with no food. Labor can be long and very tiring...
by Audrey | Jul 26, 2019 | Out of Hospital Birth
Congratulations you are almost there! As you are preparing for labor you may be wondering what you should bring with you for the labor and birth.You don’t need much! The Bare Minimums: Car seat for baby Clothes/diaper for baby (not all babies actually fit in...
by Audrey | Jul 22, 2019 | Out of Hospital Birth, Preparing for Birth, Uncategorized
This week I wanted to continue with last weeks theme of Preparing for Labor but today lets talk about visualizations. These are similar to affirmations but a little more in-depth in the brain training area. Still super simple to do just find a video on youtube with a...
by Audrey | Jul 19, 2019 | Out of Hospital Birth, Preparing for Birth, Uncategorized
If you are planning an out of hospital birth then you should need to prepare for labor. Labor is hard work. It will take everything you have. You will probably at some point say “I can’t do this!”, but this usually means your almost done! You are...
