How to Prepare your Body (and Mind) for Birth

How to Prepare your Body (and Mind) for Birth

Did you know there are easy, natural ways to prepare your body and mind for birth?  Yes, it’s true, labor happens on its own, when your baby and body are ready.  While these things won’t induce labor, but they will prep your body for labor, 

How to Prepare to Manage Pain During a Natural Childbirth

How to Prepare to Manage Pain During a Natural Childbirth

11 Things that Will Help you Manage Pain During a Natural Birth *This is a guest post by Samantha Radford from Evidence Based Mommy. Samantha is a mom of four with a PhD in Public Health. If you’re reading this, congratulations! I hope you’re getting 

21 Birth Affirmations that will Empower You

21 Birth Affirmations that will Empower You

Positive Birth Affirmations for Childbirth Positive birth affirmations may be just what you need to survive the most painful contractions of labor and delivery. The idea of giving birth can be scary for many women.  We don’t know exactly what to expect, but we know 

Should you Take a Birth Course?

Should you Take a Birth Course?

If you’re in your third trimester of pregnancy and your due date is fast approaching, you’re probably wondering how to prepare for labor and delivery.  Back in the day, you saw movies and TV shows where women went to Lamaze classes and learned how to 

What I Wish I would have Known about Labor and Delivery

What I Wish I would have Known about Labor and Delivery

I can hardly believe it’s almost time to do it all over again. We’re less than three weeks away from meeting our second baby and all the memories from labor and delivery are rushing back to me. My first experience wasn’t perfect, but once it 

10 Ways you Should Prepare for Labor and Delivery

10 Ways you Should Prepare for Labor and Delivery

I’m just a few weeks out from the birth of our second baby.  Unlike a lot of other women who have delivered babies, I can’t wait go through it all again.  My first labor and delivery was far from perfect.  It was painful, hard, and 

10 Pieces of Advice from a Labor and Delivery Nurse

10 Pieces of Advice from a Labor and Delivery Nurse

As the weeks until baby number two’s due date fly by, I find myself thinking more and more about the big day.  Even though it isn’t my first time, I find myself with as many questions and fears as I had the first time around.  

How to Prepare for a Natural Childbirth

How to Prepare for a Natural Childbirth

One of the beautiful things about motherhood is that we’re all entitled to do what we believe is best.  While I had absolutely no intention of having a natural childbirth, I know that a non-medicated delivery is very important to many moms. So, I reached 

7 Things that Surprised me about Labor and Delivery

7 Things that Surprised me about Labor and Delivery

I contemplated whether or not to write this post because, as I’m sure you’ve figured out, every mom, pregnancy, delivery, and baby are different.  But, I always try to write about things I wish I would have known about becoming a mother, and real life 

What to Pack in your Hospital Bag

What to Pack in your Hospital Bag

Packing up your hospital bag is so exciting.   The idea of going to the hospital and coming home with a new baby actually starts to feel real.  You’ve finally made it to the “it could be any day now” phase of pregnancy.  But, what should