Exercising During Pregnancy: Benefits for Your Baby!
Exercising During Pregnancy is beneficial for both you and your baby. It can help you navigate pregnancy with strength and comfort. There is no reason to be in pain during pregnancy, or attribute pelvic girdle pain as a part of pregnancy you need to suffer through. Exercising During Pregnancy is not only safe for most […]
Understand Laboring Down: Wait to Push!
Undestanding Laboring Down So, you’re 10cm!! Completely dilated! It’s time to push! Wait… not so fast. There is more to labor than just dilation. We can decrease pushing time and conserve energy levels if we allow your body to labor down. What is laboring down? First, we need to explore a few concepts. The Fetal […]
Relative CPD: Is Your Baby Too Big??
Relative CPD Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD) is when the baby is too large for the pelvis, or the pelvis is too small for the baby, to descend through during birth. This may be the diagnosis after a prolonged pause in labor, lack of engagement (baby entering the pelvis), and eventual cesarean birth. Relative CPD: Is baby […]
Pushing Technique: The Pull
When it’s time to finally push, we may find a few helpful techniques can make a huge difference in the effectiveness of our pushes! Remember, pushing can be exhausting, so we want to make our efforts efficient. Let’s focus on the “pulling” aspect of pushing! We are usually cued to grab our legs, handles, scarves/sheets, […]
Prenatal Fitness 7 Guidances
Prenatal Fitness Guidance How should you approach prenatal fitness during pregnancy? Unfortunately, there isn’t a set “Yes v. No” list nor a strict timeline of when to do what, but there is general guidance we can provide! Here are our tips on how to approach prenatal fitness! 1. Do what you enjoy First, it’s important […]
Rowing During Pregnancy and Early Postpartum
Rowing is a great full body cardio exercise! However, we may need to modify how we approach rowing during pregnancy and then early postpartum. Here are some helpful tips on how to support your changing body and healing core during this phase of life. The typical rowing sequence includes extending in the legs, leaning backwards […]
4 Induction Tips from a Doula
Induction can be a scary topic! We have all probably heard horror stories on how long and drawn-out inductions can be; how painful and overwhelming they can be; and how many may lead to a birth you did not expect or want! But induction does not need to be scary! We tend to fear what […]
Coning During Pregnancy: What It Is and How to Fix It
Coning is when the center connective tissue of the abdomen, the linea alba, protrudes outwards beyond the rest of the abdominal wall. This tends to occur due to diastasis recti, or the normal occurring separation of the six pack abs during pregnancy.
Acronyms Related Pregnancy and Birth 5 Categories
Common Acronyms What are some common birth related acronyms?? There are a lot of two or three letter words being thrown around in social media posts or comments, it’s easy to get lost in the birth slang! Here are the common terms we tend to come across that are birth related! We will continue to […]
