Introduction to the Class
The one sure thing about labor and birth is that we cannot control it. We can control how we respond to what happens. We can control how we prepare. But we cannot control the journey ultimately.
Sometimes things come up unexpectedly during pregnancy that require you to shift your goals and expectations – maybe this has already happened for you – and sometimes things come up in labor–and expectations shift in real time.
I want every woman to have the tools to create an empowered birth for themselves. And this class will help you do that – even if your birth unfolds in way that’s different than your ideal vision.
Content Outline
- Empowered Birth – Revisiting Definitions
- How Birth Might Not Go As Planned
- Birth Trauma Acknowledgement and Prevention
- Birth Plans As a Tool For Preparing
- Preventing Unnecessary Interventions & The Cascade of Interventions
- IVs in Labor & Birth
- Antibiotics for GBS
- Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring
- Cervical Checks/Vaginal Exams
- Epidurals
- Episiotomies
- Cesareans
- Themes in Navigating the Medical side of Labor & birth
- Induction & Post Dates Pregnancies
- Augmentation & Long Labors
- Back labor: What You Can Do
- Labor with Posterior Baby – Sunny Side Up Babies
- Precipitous Labor – Short and Fast
