Continuing our series with Josh and Amy, I wanted to offer up something simple, but extremely useful for laboring moms. Sometimes, the basics are the best. (I suppose this should have been a video instead of a still photo, but you’ll get the idea of appropriate movements here.) Amy has a couple of choices as […]
The Lamaze Method Failed Me
Recently, I met a mom in a bar with her baby. Yep. A baby-in-a-bar. Eh, why not? Anyway, she and I got to talking and I told her what I did for a living. She then said something that made me take pause. She said that she’d taken the hospital’s Lamaze class, but “it didn’t work […]
Birth Ball Pro-Tips for Labor – Part 2
In part one of this series, we talked about standing postures, with the birth ball (i.e. exercise or yoga ball) on the wall. Here, we continue beyond the seated postures and move into kneeling and using your ball. Kneeling, in a modified child’s pose, leaning over the ball. Josh and Amy are the models here, […]
New GentleBirth childbirth education classes
Beginning on Monday 10/2/2017, instructor Marissa Evarts will be teaching GentleBirth Classes at Shining Light. This is in addition to our Confident Birthing (Lamaze) classes on the roster. We endeavor to support mothers in all of their choices during pregnancy, birth and parenting. ~Deena Marissa Evarts has been a birth Doula for the past ten […]
Rock Your Labor with these Birth Ball Pro-Tips
One of my favorite tools for labor comfort is the birthing ball (i.e. exercise or yoga ball). Most of the time, we envision sitting on the ball during labor. Sitting is comfortable and lovely. However, the ball is one of the most versatile labor comfort tools out there. So, let’s explore two of the most […]