4 Pushing Strategies to Speed Up Pushing: You Don’t Need to Push Forever!
When you finally get to start pushing, you may think three pushes and we will meet our baby… and then an hour later, you’re still bearing down and wondering where this baby is even at! Let’s explore 4 strategies to speed up pushing!
5 Labor Positions + Prep Exercises: Start Pushing by Opening the Lower Midpelvis
Your baby has to finish their rotation through the pelvis and get under the pubic bone before they will begin to crown and be born! Opening the lower midpelvis can create more space for baby to finish their rotation, so we can finally meet them! Read this blog for 5 movements you can do during labor and in prep for birth to open the lower midpelvis.
5 Ways to Speed Up Labor and Start Pushing: Open the Posterior Outlet of the Pelvis
In the final parts of labor, baby has to finish their rotation through the lower midpelvis into the outlet of the pelvis. We can speed up labor by creating more space for baby to finish their rotation! Read this blog to learn five ways to speed up labor and start pushing!
Avoid Labor Stalls: 3 Ways Your Rib Cage Position Influences How Your Pelvis Opens for Birth
Labor stalls can occur when baby has difficultly navigating through the pelvis during birth. One reason for a labor stall is due to the passage: the physical structure baby is moving through during labor. We can avoid labor stalls by ensuring we have the movement capability to create space in the pelvis to facilitate labor progress! But the pelvis does not act in isolation. Our rib cage position could influence how we can open the pelvis.
3 Pelvic Floor Exercises to Prepare for Birth
The pelvic floor plays a huge role during birth! But, we don’t necessarily need a strong, tight pelvic floor for birth. Rather, we need a pelvic floor that can relax and open to allow your baby to move through for birth! Let’s explore 3 pelvic floor exercises to prepare for birth!
Approach Your C-Section Recovery: 3 Strategies to Enhance Your Postpartum Recovery
Little guidance is provided on HOW to recover after a c-section! Cesarean birth is major abdominal surgery, yet, most women are not even referred to physical therapy to support their c-section recovery. This blog breaks down three strategies to enhance your recovery after birth.
2 Ways to Modify the Hip Thrust in the 2nd Trimester of Pregnancy
We can still hip thrust throughout pregnacy, but we may need to modify the movement to accommodate for our growing belly. In the second trimester, we likely will need to modify the hip thrust for pregnancy. Read this blog to learn two was to modify the hip thrust for pregnancy.
Breech Positioning: 4 Ways to Turn Baby Head Down!
If baby is in a breech position, where the feet or butt present first, it could alter your birth plan fairly significantly depending on what your provider is willing to support! Explore fours to help your breech baby turn head down!
2 Ways to Prepare for your VBAC
Preparing for a vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC) can feel daunting! The to-do list can get lengthy to ensure you have your desired birth experience. Let’s explore some manageable ways to approach preparation for a VBAC!
Prevent Labor Stalls: Understand The Passage Stall
Labor stalls can be caused due to a number of factors such as the passenger, the passage, and the power. Understanding which of these factors is causing a labor stall can help us resolve the issue to see labor progress again! Read this blog to learn more about the passage stall.
Adeline’s Birth Story: The Birth of MamasteFit
Adeline’s Birth Story I’d like to start this story by sharing that Adeline’s birth story is not what I would consider a positive birth story. I still carry some resentment towards my provider and sadness about my birth experience to this day. But I have accepted that I can have conflicting emotions about the same […]
2 Labor Hormones to Enhance Your Labor Progress
There are hormones that influence our bodily functions, and its not different when it comes to labor! Oxytocin and prostaglandins work together to start the labor process. We can explore different ways to enhance the release of each hormone to support our labor.