May 31, 2023 | by: Cara Terreri
Adapted from Giving Birth with Confidence, 3rd Edition.
Research supports the traditional practice of keeping parents and newborns together. Evidence shows that this is a key element of nature's plan. People experiencing natural birth have high levels of catecholamines, oxytocin, and endorphins. Catecholamines ensure that parent and baby are alert and ready to get to know each other.
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March 21, 2023 | by: Cara Terreri
Adapted from Giving Birth with Confidence, 3rd Edition.
Moving in labor serves two very important purposes. First, it helps you cope with increasingly strong and painful contractions, which signal your body to keep labor going. Second, it helps gently wiggle your baby into your pelvis and through your birth canal.
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March 18, 2022 | by: Cara Terreri
If you want to learn the most essential information for having a healthy and happy birth, look no further than the Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices. These practices, designed from years of trusted, evidence-based research, help guide you through birth in a simpler, safer, and more confident way. In their most simplest form, the practices are:
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June 07, 2021 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
We've updated one of our most favorite series -- 10 tips for each of the Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices, guidelines based on years of research that help you approach birth informed and with more confidence. Be sure to read through each of the six posts -- 60 tips in all for a better, safer, healthier birth experience!
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May 28, 2021 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
We've updated one of our most favorite series -- 10 tips for each of the Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices, guidelines based on years of research that help you approach birth informed and with more confidence. Be sure to read through each of the six posts -- 60 tips in all for a better, safer, healthier birth experience!
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