Support & Information on C Section, Cesarean Birth, C Section Recovery & Healing
1. Educate yourself The most effective way to empower yourself to make informed decisions about birth, is knowledge. When you understand the terminology of medical birth and the pro’s and con’s of procedures and interventions, you are much less likely to be bamboozled or pressured into something for no good medical reason. The fact that [...]
Having dedicated support during labor reduces cesareans, vacuum extraction, use of forceps and even pain medications according to a review published in the current issue of The Cochrane Library. The study was done with 15,061 women participating in 21 randomized controlled trials and found not only the results above also reduced likelihood of a baby [...]
One of the main reasons many women do yoga during pregnancy is to help relieve back pain. Pregnancy yoga has proven to be excellent in reducing or eliminating not only lower back pain but also other common pregnancy aches such as sciatica and tensions in the pelvis. With the extra weight of a growing baby, [...]
Recently we wrote about new guidelines from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) aimed at increasing the possibility for women who have delivered by c-section to undergo a vaginal birth (VBAC). While these guidelines are not rules, they seem to not be having the desired effect. In particular one piece of wording seems [...]
While c-section is considered a safe procedure and can save the lives of mothers and babies, it is major surgery. Certain risks are higher after c-section than after vaginal delivery, according to the National Institutes of Health. These include higher risk of infection and injury to the baby. C-sections can also cause problems with [...]
Midwives aren’t celebrated enough, heck mothers giving birth aren’t celebrated enough, and both deserve to be. So we were very happy to see this Palestinian midwife being celebrated, not only in her home town, but here in America on MSNBC. Let’s take this moment to remember that every woman deserves to birth with dignity and [...]
In the new era of tighter credit, it is possible that being pregnant at the time of a mortgage application will result in it being declined. It seems ironic doesn’t it that a significant motivation for first time buyers has become a barrier to home ownership. Having a child is often accompanied by a desire [...]
Women who plan home births recover more rapidly from childbirth, but there is a higher risk of their child dying, an international study suggests. US analysis of more than 500,000 births in North America and Europe found death rates for babies in planned home births were double that of those in planned hospital births. But [...]
If you’ve been her before you probably know we are big advocates of massage as part of your c section recovery. Below is a preview of a wonderful self massage program to increase fertility and chances of pregnancy from the Natural Fertility Shop. Fertility massage is a powerful natural fertility treatment that has been used [...]
The Deluxe C-Section Recovery Kit
The C-Section Recovery Kit
The C-Section Support Belt
The Hem-It-In C-Section Binder
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