Decreasing Labor Pains: A New Parents Guide
As a childbirth instructor, I am fascinated by pain, our responses to it, and how to make painful experiences better. Because of this, I have found many, many ways to …
First Time Mom Tips for Labor Pain Management
How to Give Birth Alone in a Hospital
No woman should have to give birth alone. However, sometimes life just deals us a bad hand and unfortunately, new parents are not exempt. If, for whatever reason, you need …
How to Progress Prodromal Labor ASAP
The following are helpful tips and tricks on how to progress prodromal labor, a frustrating and exhausting end of pregnancy phenomenon, as soon as possible. Of course, if you’re experiencing …
5 Mistakes in Childbirth That Harm Vulvas
Preventing tearing during birth requires a group effort. There are helpful things a woman can do, and there are helpful things a care provider can do, too. However, there are …
First Stage of Labor 101 for the First Time Parent
The first stage of labor is the longest stage and everything that happens before pushing, birth, and the placenta. Because it’s so long and varied, the first stage of labor …
Early Labor: How to Identify It and What to Do
Early labor is the beginning of the first stage of labor, the longest part of the birthing process. Early labor is a combination of end of pregnancy symptoms mixed with …
When Lovers Touch, Labor Pain Wanes – It’s Remarkable
I’m not sure I would have read an article called “When Lovers Touch Labor Pain Wanes” when I was pregnant with any of my children. It wasn’t that I didn’t …
Parents Who Did This between Contractions Reduced Their Pain
When preparing for labor, so much of the focus is on coping through the pain of each contraction that parents forget about the gift of breaks between contractions. Contractions are …
10 Big Mistakes New Moms Make During Pushing at Birth | Mother Rising
By becoming educated on and avoiding the following 10 big mistakes new moms make during pushing at birth, I believe parents will have a better birth and transition to motherhood. …
How to Prevent Tearing During Birth, Revisited
Tearing during birth is a common fear of expectant mothers, with good reason, as a local OB once told me that the average first time mother experiences a second degree …
Tips for Natural Birth That Will Decrease Your Pain
Whether you’re dead set on a natural childbirth or just want to see how things go, use Mother Rising’s tips for natural birth to decrease your pain (no matter what’s on …
Natural Birth 101: What It Is, Why You’d Want One, and How to Make It Happen
Natural Birth 101: What It Is, Why You’d Want One, and How to Make It Happen When a woman hears the term natural birth, many words, images, thoughts, and emotions come to …