How to time contractions

Miranda Yogan on Instagram: "It’s like a choose your own adventure book 📚 ⚡️⚡️Creating a contraction ritual helps create deep focus and relaxation, allowing you to surrender more and have easier contractions each time one comes around. 😌It works because you don’t get scared and panic when you feel the intensity pick up. 👉🏻 Instead, you feel calm ready and in control, knowing how to work best with your body. Mix & match and create your own contraction routine 💃🏻 Pick one ⤵️for the onset…

Esther 소연 Park Chun on Instagram: "These are some exercises I learned from my amazing lactation consultant @yuna.lactation the first time around with Shi and they were SO helpful in helping ease some of the initial contraction pains. We didn’t even get to do them this time around because things moved so fast. But I wanted to share, totally recommend if you can get a friend or partner to do these for you!"

Much of the labor preparation resources I've come across are all about how to get through contractions: comfort measures, breathing techniques, positions, etc. What about what you should be doing in between contractions? Labor is a lot of work and it can be exhausting! Here are 7 things to do betwee

One of the biggest mistakes first time moms make in labor is to not prioritize rest, especially in early labor. Yes, the pain of contractions is challenging for new moms, but what catches them off guard is the exhaustion in active labor, transition, and pushing. Use these 12 tips for early labor to save energy in order to avoid exhaustion later in labor. Learn what to do when first noticing signs of labor, what to eat and drink in early labor, how to cope with false or prodromal labor, and…

I'm walking you through some things that you should do during early labor to ensure that you have a good labor and delivery.

Now that we have gone over what to do in early labor, you may wonder what's next. "How will I know once I'm in active labor?" and "What do I do once I'm

Common sense disclaimer: This article is written with a first-time expectant parent in mind. It is NOT to be taken as medical advice. Your own labor and delivery may have factors that negate the basics in this article. Your doctor/midwife > that someone on the internet.It seems suuuper basic to time labor contractions. In fact,

You've carried your child in your belly for nine long months and now the time has come to bring him into the world. Having a baby can be a wonderful experience if everything runs smoothly, but it can also be very painful and frustrating if labor is seemin