Natural Birth Plan: What You Need to Know About Writing One
I don’t enthusiastically encourage creating a birth plan with my childbirth classes and even my doula clients. One reason is because I dislike the negative responses from nurses in the …
Birthing Tools and Labor Hacks
How to Get Through Painful Labor Before an Epidural
This blog post is all about how to get through painful labor before an epidural. This blog post isn’t about whether or not a woman should get an epidural. Maybe …
Water Birth 101: Benefits, Warnings, Tips, and Tricks
A water birth is when a woman gives birth in a tub or pool of water instead of on dry land. Women may choose water birth as a method of pain …
Should I Use Gas and Air for Labour?
In many countries, gas and air is commonly used as a pain coping strategy during childbirth. Gas and air doesn’t eliminate the pain of contractions, but eases anxiety and tension. But …
How to Stop Throwing Up During Labor | Mother Rising
Throwing up is awful. And it’s even more miserable at the end of pregnancy while in labor. However, there are many ways to stop throwing up during labor, or at least …
How to Rock Back Labor Like a Boss
Ladies, I’m just going to be honest with you. Back labor sucks. It hurts, and it hurts worse than regular labor. But hang with me, because in this blog post I’m …
How to Have an Empowered Natural Hospital Birth
Not only is it possible to have a natural hospital birth, it is possible to have an empowered natural hospital birth. Indeed! By reading the following most popular articles on Mother Rising, …
How to Prepare for a Cesarean Without Expecting One
Why Prepare for a Cesarean? Women planning for a natural childbirth don’t typically also prepare for a cesarean birth. However, most women who’ve had cesareans, while they were pregnant, thought “oh, …
BRAIN Acronym Tool for Labor and Birth Decision Making
The brain acronym tool helps a new parent make good, informed decisions in a high stress environment – labor and delivery. B.R.A.I.N. stands for benefits, risks, alternatives, intuition, and nothing. …
How to Prevent Tearing During Birth
Women that take my childbirth classes want to know how to prevent tearing during birth, just as much as they want to know how to have a natural childbirth. It’s …
The Problem with Birth Affirmations
Gathering knowledge is a part of every woman’s journey to prepare to give birth. However, this gathering of knowledge is not just 100% reading books about pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. …
Snacks for Labor | Mother Rising
Snacks for labor are as essential as the demands of labor and delivery are high. One way to stay strong is to eat and drink throughout the entire process. Even …