As my pregnancy and the joys of the pregnant growing belly are nearing to an end I am preparing for labor and delivery.
TYPES OF DELIVERIES
Quite early on I became aware of the fact that “each mode of delivery may be retained in emotional or cellular memory, influencing personality and actions throughout lifetime” thanks to Pre-Parenting: Nurturing Your Child from Conception
NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
I’ve been focusing on natural labor and delivery from the very beginning of my pregnancy and Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
PRENATAL CLASSES
I attend childbirth classes, in which so far we’ve learnt about
- the first stage of labor: latent and active;
- the second stage of labor (including birthing your baby);
- the third stage of labor (placenta delivery).
We also learnt about various exercises to be performed in order to prepare the body for the big day:
BIRTH PREPARATION EXERCISES
Here are the things I am doing diligently in order to prepare my body for the birth of my baby:
DREAM BIRTH
While I do have the perfect birth scenario in my head, I realize that sometimes you just need to embrace your birth experience, however it turns out. I read about surprising ways to give birth and I did a labor prediction quiz for fun, I packed my hospital bag (which for some of the funny ways to birth would not be necessary) and I am awaiting my baby’s arrival with great enthusiasm. Call me crazy but I simply can’t wait for that first contraction!
HOW DO YOUR PREPARATIONS FOR BABY LOOK LIKE? PLEASE SHARE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW 🙂
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I love your guide Alinka! Looks like you put a lot of effort into the preparation for the big day – I’m sure it will be a magnificent experience!
Thank you Anna, I can’t wait! 🙂
Lovely, what I did was plan for a beautiful natural birth – but kept assistance, or medication in the picture of an emergency. I ended up having a beautiful natural birth, thank goodness 🙂
That’s wonderful Christine!!! Thank you for your advice 🙂 I hope I will have a beautiful birth experience too. I am certainly preparing for one!
Hey that’s brilliant! Very helpful. Thanks for sharing these tips.