Labor and Delivery Hospital Checklist Before & After
Sometime between weeks 35 and 36 of your pregnancy, you will likely want to prepare a bag of things to bring to the hospital for labor and delivery. Things that you will likely need include:...
Relaxation for Women Giving Birth Naturally
Women giving birth naturally can employ many relaxation techniques to ensure that their natural birth is also a gentle, peaceful experience.
Signs of Labor
A collection of symptoms that suggest that your pregnancy is at an end and that labor has begun.
Signs That You Are In Labor
Everyone's heard the "horror" stories about women walking around a mall, totally oblivious to what's about to happen and then all of a sudden ... whoosh! The waters break and she's rushed t...
The Childbirth Kit
The Childbirth Kit is an innovative tool for mothers-to-be, birth partners, and childbirth educators. It includes imagery cards for use before and during labor and a book describing many different labor coping techniques. Visit our site for a chance to win a free copy!
The Stages of Childbirth
Labor is typically divided into three stages, but each woman's experience is different. The length of labor for first time moms averages about 14 hours but some go more that 20.
What are the first signs of labour?
As you anticipate the birth of your child, you may be watching and waiting for any sign that you are about to go into labour. Many women have experienced a variety of symptoms just before ente...
What causes the softening of the cervix?
One of the final signals that labor is near is the ripening of the cervix. Ripening of the cervix refers the process by which the cervix thins, softens, becomes relaxed, and opens in response to...
What is the Bradley method of child birth?
In the late 1940s, the American obstetrician Robert Bradley developed a method of childbirth that was unique for the time. This method is based on the idea that childbirth is and should be a nat...
What Should I Expect After Delivery?
It can be difficult for a woman to know what she should expect after delivery, especially when she is becoming a parent for the first time. After all, labor and delivery can be an extremely stressful...
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