June 03, 2022 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Research shows that moving freely in labor improves your perception of control and satisfaction, decreases your need for pain medication, and may reduce the length of labor. These reasons are precisely why the second Lamaze Healthy Birth Practice is entit
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November 03, 2021 | by: Cara Terreri
Did you know that Lamaze has a podcast? Designed for parents and professionals alike, the Lamaze podcast shares tips and best evidence for labor, birth, and more in less than an hour. Listen on Spotify or directly at the Lamaze podcast link.
The latest episode, "Progressing Labor without Pitocin," shares information about alternative strategies for progressing (moving forward) a slow or stalled labor. In this episode, you'll learn:
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September 24, 2019 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Seems like a ridiculous title, right? "How to Use a Bed..." The truth is, a hospital bed, in labor and birth, can be used in so many helpful ways -- the least of which is lying in it!
You may have already heard that gravity can be very helpful in birth. If you think about how you get ketchup out of a squeeze bottle, it makes perfect sense. Baby needs to come down and out; contractions squeeze down and out; so you should.... lay down flat?? Of course not! (Though laying down in labor certainly has its place; keep reading.)
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February 22, 2017 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
If your goal is to "get things moving along" in labor, there are certain helpful positions you should know about to use in labor that are known to do just that. Now, there's no guarantee, of course -- much of the time, labor takes the time it needs to tak
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February 17, 2017 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
A new review of studies ("systematic review") released last week and published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology reports that it is not only safe for women to eat during labor, but it is associated with shorter labor times! Though the study can't
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