Many childbirth educators and birth or labor doulas have encountered challenges in conveying valuable information to their students and clients about the childbirth process. One of these challenges can be how to teach pushing positions in childbirth classes. Isn’t...
The typical job description for a doula is to offer physical, emotional and informational support to mothers before, during and just after childbirth. Although doulas know this is their responsibility, it’s often left to the individual doula to figure out the how of...
What Size Peanut Ball for Labor? If you are fortunate to go through labor and childbirth in a hospital or birthing center that makes peanut balls available to its patients, you may think that the nurses know what they’re doing. If they offer a peanut ball or you...
Most childbirth educators, doulas, and other birth professionals get excited about every latest and greatest tool and technique on the market that promises to aid them in helping birthing women have better, safer and more satisfying birth experiences. But having tools...
Childbirth is big business, meaning that it is one of the reasons people visit hospitals in the United States. According to a 2009 study cited by Childbirth Connection, 23% of people discharged from the hospital in that year were childbearing women and infants. In...
Using a Rebozo for Labor Written for Premier Birth Tools by Missy David While many may not be familiar with the term Rebozo, most know it by sight. The garment has become synonymous with Mexican culture, as we see the colorful shawls draped over women’s shoulders,...
