I’m a big fan of labor postures that involve a mother kneeling. Though we can get the same benefit from standing postures that are similar, the kneeling versions avoid the issues of balance, potentially falling, fatigue, sore feet, etc. I’d encourage moms, if they are in the hospital, to kneel on the bed, as opposed […]
Seated Labor Posture with the Comfort of a Partner
Next up in our series with Josh and Amy is a seated labor posture which is a perennial favorite. It allows dad or the birth partner to sit down and allows the laboring mom to rest as comfortably as she can with the touch of her partner to comfort her. Here, you see Amy sitting […]
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 […]