So next in my series, this is all about the next stage of labour known as Transition. Which is the stage that follows on from Active Labour and is before the Birthing stage when you’ll meet your baby. Let me explain more…
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Another short video to help you expand your birth knowledge, and the process of actually what's going on in your amazing body during labour and birth. Because as I always say on my courses and programs - knowledge about labour and birth really is power. This one follows on from my 'latent stage' video, and I’ll be doing another video on 'transition' and on the 'birthing' stage and also on the placenta too soon.
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Babies have not read the book about due dates, and simply turn up when they feel like it. But waiting for baby can be a tricky time, especially mothers to be. With calls from friends and family, and pressure for an induction will very likely mount from health care professionals. This can really undermine a woman’s much-needed confidence in her body before she’s even started the challenging journey of labour and birth. So here are some ‘natural nudges’ that women often try.
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In labour there is a phrase that is often not so kindly used to describe a woman who’s labour is not moving fast enough - according to folk who decide on the appropriate the speed of the average uterus! I kid you not! Such women, and you might be one of them, will be ‘delighted’ to learn the term ‘Failure To Progress’ will be written on your notes and perhaps bandied around. Fricking great! Just what you want to hear. So here’s some tips for getting a slowed labour moving again.
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