Breathing through contractions

If you go to sleep will it make your contractions stop? Today I’m going to share if sleeping is the best idea in early labor, what it can do to your contractions and how you can make the choice to sleep or stay up. Before we get started, a quick reminder the advice in this …

Starting breathing exercises during pregnancy is a great way to start to control your stress hormones now, and will extend to when you're in labor as well!

Learn ALL the breathing techniques for labour that you need! These are hypnobirthing breathing techniques to carry you through from your first to last contraction! Once you have learned these birth breathing techniques, get practicing every day ;)

Lamaze breathing techniques help reduce pain during the delivery of your baby. If you want to know how to perform this technique, read our article here!

When we’re talking about how to ease the pain of contractions the breath is your most powerful tool. This birth breath will help you to reduce the pain and focus the mind so that you don't let fear take over.

Nipper & Co - Herbal Wellness for Women on Instagram: "Pregnant mums save this for when you’ve got a quiet moment 👇🏼❤️ Breathing through contractions can really help to keep you focused and reduce the pain. This is one technique I used personally during all 3 of my labours & also learnt in hypnobirthing classes. Along with breathing techniques like this one, you can also use words of affirmation to help you through your labour ❤️ Comment BIRTH & we’ll send you our FREE birth…

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…

Midwife Moni on Instagram: "In early active labor, contractions last for about 1 minute. You can do anything for one minute! Use this video during labor and delivery as a reminder during labor or use it to practice your breathing techniques prior to labor. #laboranddelivery #birth #givingbirth #labor #contractions #preggo #pregnant #pregnancy #pregnancylife #pregnancysymptoms #midwife #pregnancytips #pregnancyreels"

I didn't know my body could literally give birth to my baby without my help! I want to try this breathing baby out during my labor and delivery. Seems like even the most natural way to birth my baby so I'm not tearing and straining with pushing through

848K views · 11K likes | Katie Poole on Instagram: "🧊 ICE HOLDS The idea is pretty simple, you hold some ice for 60-90 seconds and then you observe what your response is. The 60-90 second time period is the average length of a labor contraction during the active phase of labor. You then try the ice hold with a series of other things – meditation, breathing, Scents, sound/music, counting…etc., and then you reflect on what your response was and how you handled the intensity of the…