Birth Matters Virginia

A Sweet Hospital Birth

 

Push?

When we think of labor we often think of only the contractions and the first stage of labor, where the cervix is opening for the baby to descend into the birth canal. Let's talk about second stage, or pushing.

Pushing is characterized by contractions that have are generally occurring less frequently than in the end of first stage, giving mom a bigger break in between the contractions. Where mom has been told her entire labor to "stay out of the way" of her contractions, now she is actively working with the contractions to give birth.

How would you tell a women to push or would you encourage her to breath the baby down, follow the urge?

Who Controls Your Birth?

  Do you feel that you, or your provider is calling the shots about your birth?

"A holistically minded movement says women should—and that doctors are going about it all wrong. An expectant mom reexamines which side she's on. "  By Taffy Brodesser-Akner for Self Magazine

Click here to read the full article.

Birth: Women's Rights or Human Rights?

Today's entry is simple.  We want to hear from YOU!  Do you feel that birth is strictly a women's issue?  Should birth be something only women of child-bearing age concern themselves with?  Do you view birth choices and politics as a human rights issue?  Why do you feel the way you do?  We'd love to hear from you!