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Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy
Birth is amazing, beautiful, wonderful . . . and it can throw you for a loop! Despite our very best birth “plans,” we can find ourselves taking some twist and turns during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum that we don’t expect. Enter the Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy Podcast!
Hey mama! My name is Stephanie, and I’m a mom of three boys, and two girls, a professional doula, childbirth educator, and the creator of the Online Birth Course - My Essential Birth www.myessentialbirth.com.
I love to help mothers just like you feel empowered and confident during pregnancy, birth, and into motherhood by taking my years of knowledge and personal/professional experience in the birth world and breaking down complex birth topics to make preparing for labor & birth a breeze!
Every week, you’ll hear from myself & other women ready to share their knowledge with other pregnant moms about pregnancy and birth topics that will have you feeling knowledgeable and in the driver’s seat of your best birth experience.
Your best birth starts here >>>> www.myessentialbirth.com/getstarted
Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy
Before You Say Yes In Labor, Ask These Three Questions
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What would you do if you were deep in labor and someone walked in and said it was time to talk about Pitocin, breaking your water, or maybe even a cesarean?
I am you through the exact moment that catches most mamas completely off guard in the birth room (myself included, and I share about it), and the three questions that can slow everything down, get you the information you actually need, and help you make decisions from a place of confidence instead of fear.
With my first baby, I was told we needed an emergency cesarean. And even in that moment of urgency, I wish I had known what I am sharing in this episode.
That there is almost always time to ask questions. That a recommendation is not a requirement. That I had more say than I realized.
This is the episode I wish every pregnant mama could hear before she ever walks into the birth room. It is not about being difficult or argumentative, it is about knowing how to gather information and make the best decision for you and your baby no matter what comes up during labor. I promise this will be an episode you will want to save and jot notes down from.
Share it with your birth partner and listen together if you can!
Here are some highlights from the episode:
- Why the toughest moment in labor is often not the intensity of the contractions and how to be ready for it
- The one thing you can do when a recommendation comes up that immediately gives you more control
- The thoughts that run through every mama's mind when a big decision lands mid-labor and why you are not alone
- Question #1 to ask your provider the moment a recommendation comes up, and what the answer tells you
- Question #2 that opens up a conversation most providers are not going to have with you unless you ask
- Question #3 that turns a blanket recommendation into something specific to you and your situation
- Why making decisions from confidence instead of fear has a real physiological effect on your labor
- How to make sure your birth partner knows all three questions before you go into labor
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