Birthing Your Way, A Mindful Guide To Navigating Labor

Holistic Childbirth Education

What you'll learn

How to craft a personalized birth plan for your labor.

Understanding the stages of childbirth and labor.

Mindful movements, positions, and labor techniques to help baby descend with ease.

Partner advocacy and support through labor.

Central Nervous System Regulation for you and your birth team.

Requirements

No experience needed.

Description

This course teaches you about the anatomy of childbirth education and how your baby plays an active role in the birth process. What sets this course apart from others is the mindfulness components I weave into the curriculum.  With these mindful practices, you will help prepare your mind, body, and spirit for childbirth. The first section of the course covers birth plan writing. It is important to be educated on all of the potential interventions you will be offered throughout labor and which ones align with your values. It is also important to understand how to communicate with your providers. Birth plan writing is more than what happens during actual labor. It also discusses how you wish to have the delivery of your placenta managed, and the preferences you will be offered for newborn care in your immediate postpartum recovery time.In this course, you will learn how to move and breathe through each stage of labor, affirmations to positively influence your thoughts, coping skills to help you as the sensations grow in intensity, and how to regulate your central nervous system. You will also learn partner-assisted movements and ways to mindfully prepare for the pushing, or releasing phase of your baby's birth.You and your partner will feel empowered and ready to rock with all the tools to navigate your labor experience with confidence. You can begin this course around 34 weeks of pregnancy and revisit the lessons as you approach your due date to refresh your memories.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Crafting a "Birth Plan" and why this is so important.

Lecture 2 Birth Preferences for Labor

Lecture 3 Postpartum and Newborn Preferences

Lecture 4 Unplanned or Emergent Cesarean Birth Preferences

Section 3: Stages of Labor and Fetal Stations

Lecture 5 Labor Stages

Lecture 6 Baby's Fetal Station

Section 4: Making Empowered Labor Decisions with the BRAIN Acronym

Lecture 7 BRAIN Acronym for Labor

Section 5: Mindful Movement and Breathwork for Labor

Lecture 8 Intro to Mindful Movement & Breathing

Lecture 9 Diaphragmatic breath for the “easy” contractions (0-4cm)

Lecture 10 Mindful Movements for Early Labor (Pelvic Inlet Engagement)

Lecture 11 Light accelerated breathing as the contraction sensations intensify (5-8cm)

Lecture 12 Mindful Movement for Midpelvis Engagement

Lecture 13 Transition Breathing for the challenging contractions (8-10cm)

Lecture 14 Mindful Movement for Transition Stage of Labor (Pelvic Outlet Engagement)

Lecture 15 Breathing Baby Out Breath Techniques

Lecture 16 Positions for Birthing

Section 6: Birth Partner Support

Lecture 17 Birth Partner - Introduction

Lecture 18 The 3 Balances

Lecture 19 Birth Partner Assists - Comfort Measures

Lecture 20 Birth Partner Assists - Helping baby engage

Section 7: Opening the Pelvic Levels with an Epidural using a Peanut Ball or Pillows

Lecture 21 Peanut Ball Techniques

Section 8: Coping Techniques

Lecture 22 Coping Techniques for Labor

Section 9: Positive Affirmations and Guided Meditation

Lecture 23 Guided Meditation for Birth Preparation

Lecture 24 Guided Imagery Meditation for Active Labor

Section 10: Thank YOU!

Lecture 25 Thank you for taking "Birthing YOUR Way, A Mindful Guide to Navigating Labor"

This course is intended for all families wishing to confidently prepare for their labor and childbirth experienc.,This course will help you understand your birthing rights and choices, how to confidently advocate for yourself and your partner, and how to have productive conversations with your provider and birth team.,Knowledge is power. The more empowered you become during pregnancy in preparation for birth, the less chance you will have at experiencing birthing trauma on your special day.