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Have you considered hiring a doula for added support during labor? Wouldn?t it be easier for a mother to have someone nurturing, guiding, suggesting and comforting throughout the entire childbirth process? Doulas have your best interest at heart because they work for you not the hospital.

WHAT ARE DOULAS?

? Specially trained women helping women through childbirth.

? Offer a continual presence vs. the hospital staff coming and going.

? Provide pre-natal visits to go over birth plans and birth desires.

? Give suggestions to help facilitate labor progress.

? Massage, encourage and guide a woman throughout labor.

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Acupressure can be extremely helpful during childbirth and has been effectively used by millions of people for thousands of years. This holistic and non-invasive technique is practiced all around the world.

Acupressure is a Traditional Chinese Medicine technique that is based upon the same principles as acupuncture. The only difference is that it uses fingers and thumbs to stimulate specific points instead of needles. This specific points or acupoints are located along the lines called meridians that run along the body.

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Unfortunately sometimes complications arise during pregnancies that are unavoidable and heartbreaking in their severity. One such complication is an ectopic pregnancy. This occurs through no fault on anyone’s, mother or physician. It is just one of the medical circumstances that naturally happens in some pregnancies. They are often devastating to the mother-to-be, her spouse, and their families and friends. However, there are some warning signs to look for to ensure the woman’s continued health and fertility.

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Over the past few millions of years, humans and mamals have been giving birth without the use of hospitals, doctors or epidurals, for the most part, very effectively. The female body is designed to give birth very successfully and efficiently without the need for conscious control. In fact, the more you try to control the functioning and experiences within your body as you go through labour and childbirth, the more uncomfortable, stressful and prolonged your experience will be. Here’s why…

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Pregnancy and alcohol do not go hand in hand. There has been numerous medical studies proving the deleterious effects of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Yet, many people minimize the evidence and keep taking generous amounts of alcohol during pregnancy thus exposing the unborn fetus to its dangerous effects.

What do we know exactly about alcohol and pregnancy?

The fetal alcoholic syndrome is a well described phenomenon where the baby who has been exposed to repeated and sometimes important amount of alcohol during the pregnancy is born with severe and permanent malformations. Such problems are a general growth retardation, a particular face pattern, an under development of its brain and a generalized developmental retardation which can never be compensated during life even with the proper support.

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Natural childbirth is believed by most to be much better for both the mother and child. Some women who opt for natural childbirth choose to have a home delivery in a setting such as a birth center, where natural child birth is a primary focus. Natural child birth is referred to as having a baby without the use of medicine. This is a great goal to have if you have no expectations of any complications. The choice of natural child birth is, of course, a personal choice and not for everyone and not always possible. Your safety and the safety of your baby is first and foremost but if doing it without medication or surgery is important to you it is a good idea to make a birth plan and speak with your doctor or midwife.

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For many first-time mothers the idea of childbirth and labor is a terrifying prospect. While already-been-there mothers say that once the baby is in your arms the memory of the pain goes away, this does nothing to calm an expectant mother’s fears. The best thing she can do is take power into her own hands by learning all that she can.

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What exactly is acupressure?

Acupressure is an ancient healing art developed in Asia over 6,000 years ago that deals with the human body and the flow of natural energy within the body. Acupressure treats the body as an energy system and works to relieve a persons individual symptoms by releasing blocked energy centres in the body. These centres are called acupoints and are found on energy pathways called meridians.

Acupressure is somewhat similar to acupuncture, only it uses fingers and thumbs to stimulate specific points instead of needles. Acupressure is actually considered to be the mother of acupuncture, as it was used long before needles came into the equation.

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For many first-time mothers the idea of childbirth and labor is a terrifying prospect. While already-been-there mothers say that once the baby is in your arms the memory of the pain goes away, this does nothing to calm an expectant mother’s fears. The best thing she can do is take power into her own hands by learning all that she can.

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For many first-time mothers the idea of childbirth and labor is a terrifying prospect. While already-been-there mothers say that once the baby is in your arms the memory of the pain goes away, this does nothing to calm an expectant mother’s fears. The best thing she can do is take power into her own hands by learning all that she can.

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