5 Ways to Naturally Induce Labour
You’re 40 weeks pregnant. You’ve spent the last 9 months hoping and praying that you don’t go into labour. Not yet. Just a bit more time. Time to get that nursery ready. Time to wrap up those last few projects at work. A few weeks to breathe until your life is transformed forever. Your due date comes … and then it goes. “Why haven’t I gone into labour???”
The question is … are there things you can do to induce labour in a more ‘natural’ way? Here are 5 ways to ‘naturally’ induce labour.
Navigating Childbirth: A Guide to the Stages of Labour
So you just found out you’re pregnant, and feeling a bit anxious? It makes sense that you’re unsure what labour is going to look and feel like. You’ve probably never attended a birth before and your only image of birth is from Hollywood movies which, I PROMISE you, couldn’t be further from reality.
In this blog post, we’re gonna set the record straight.
You will learn:
The 3 stages of labour
How long each stage typically lasts
What you can expect to feel in each stage
What you can do during each stage
What your partner can do to support you in each stage
What to Include in a Prenatal Fitness Program
Gone are the days when exercise was considered unsafe during pregnancy.It’s now widely understood that not only is exercise perfectly safe in any low risk pregnancy, but there are SO MANY BENEFITS. These range from improved sleep and mood, less aches and pains, shorter and less painful labours (umm yes please!) and less risk of developing pregnancy related complications like hypertension or gestational diabetes. But that leads to the question - what should you DO?
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