Yahoo Group - Trusting Our Bodies
On our class yahoo group is a folder of Files which are listed below. Under
each category is a wealth of information from medical research journals,
newspapers, online midwifery articles, The Bradley Method info, and so
many other resources!
Also on the group is a folder of photos of recently born Bradley babies, a
database of contact info for local resources like midwives, chiropractors,
etc..., a Links section of online resources including home pages of
midwives, birth places. and much more!
On our class yahoo group is a folder of Files which are listed below. Under
each category is a wealth of information from medical research journals,
newspapers, online midwifery articles, The Bradley Method info, and so
many other resources!
Also on the group is a folder of photos of recently born Bradley babies, a
database of contact info for local resources like midwives, chiropractors,
etc..., a Links section of online resources including home pages of
midwives, birth places. and much more!
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Trusting Our Bodies
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Husband-Coached Childbirth® directly, please contact: The Bradley Method®, Box 5224 Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-5224, 1-800-4-A-BIRTH
or 1-818-788-6662, www.bradleybirth.com
Husband-Coached Childbirth® directly, please contact: The Bradley Method®, Box 5224 Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-5224, 1-800-4-A-BIRTH
or 1-818-788-6662, www.bradleybirth.com
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Baby_Care_and_Parenting
Info on newborn procedures, baby care, parenting and much more!
Big Baby or Small Baby
More info on true big babies and truly growth restricted babies.
Birth Place - Homebirth, Birth Center birth or Hospital birth
Research, info to help you find the birth place that is right for you.
Birth Plans
Make a birth plan to share your birth wishes with your birth team!
Birth Provider - Midwives or OBs??
Choosing who attends your birth is one of the most important decisions
you will make!
Books
The best thing you can do for you and your baby is READ, READ, READ!!
Books, articles, research, etc...keep arming yourself with information!
Fully informed parents educated about childbirth have the best outcomes!
Breastfeeding
Breech
If your baby is in the breech position, you can turn your baby or give
birth vaginally!
Cervical_Exams
Internal exams are done frequently and unnecessarily exposing mom and
baby to infection and distressing moms with dilation and effacement
numbers that can't tell you 1) when labor will begin and 2) how long labor
will last. You have the right to decline exams.
Cesarean
1 in 3 women have surgery to birth their baby! Are our bodies really that
incapable of giving birth? Learn how to avoid an unnecessary cesarean!
Less than 10% are truly necessary. The other 23% are elective CS or
doctor-caused CS.
Childbirth_Rights
Federal laws and state laws state that you decide what is done with your
body including declining any and all interventions, drugs, procedures and
surgeries! Know your rights!
Chiropractic Care
Why and how does chiropractic care help mothers during pregnancy and
to prepare baby for birth? Find out how the Webster technique can
reposition Breech babies for a head down birth!
Circumcision
It's been done for years without medical reason and most do it without
religious reaon. Circumcizing your baby boy can lead to complications
including death and harm the breastfeeding relationship... Is it just skin?
Class_Assignments
Check here often for your weekly class assignments. What you put into
your birth will directly affect your birth outcome! Absorb as much as you
can!
Comfort Measures During Pregnancy & Labor
Massage, hot and cold compresses, acupressure, etc... can alleviate labor
pains and help relax the laboring mother as she focuses though each
contraction.
Contractions
How to time your contractions and know when to go to the birth place if
not a home birth.
Cord Blood Banking
Private banking or public donation?
Cord Clamping
How does immediate cord clamping after birth affect the baby?
Diabetes
Gestational diabetes, Type I & Type II diabetes - women can have a
normal, natural pregnancy and birth with proper managment of their
condition, diet and controlling their blood sugar levels!
Doula
A professional labor assistant that compliments a Bradley-trained
husband-coach and provides comfort, information and boosts couples'
confidence during labor, as well as assistance during pregnancy and after
birth.
Drinking_and_Eating_in_Labor
Your body needs energy to function and so your hormones function
efficiently!
Drugs_in_Labor
Pitocin, Cytotec, Epidurals, Stadol, Nubain, Demerol, etc... are they safe?
FDA approved? do they really take your pain away??
Drugs_in_Pregnancy
Rx drugs, OTC drugs, etc... "No drug has been proven safe during
pregnancy" American Academy of Pediatrics [Know your drug's Pregnancy
Category and only take it if it is absolutely necessary!]
Due Dates
EDD (Estimated Due Date) - Full term is 37 to 42 weeks but increasingly
you're expected to have your baby by 40 weeks! Due dates are NOT a
deadline! We aren't machines! Our babies come out when they are done
cooking! Avg length of pregnancy is 41 weeks, 1 day when allowed to go
into spontaneous labor.
EFM
Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring - is it really safe? does it always
work?
Environmental Toxins
How do they affect your baby during pregnancy?
Exercise
This is very important! Research proves it shortens labor and reduces
pain and other risks associated with childbirth!
Fetal Positioning
Positions during pregnancy and labor
Group Beta Strep (GBS)
If you tested GBS+, you can decide whether or not you want to use
antibiotics during labor.
Herpes
Can you have a vaginal birth if you have herpes? Check out this info!
Hormones
How can hormones affect my pregnancy and labor? Stress, fear, tension,
drugs, induction, procedures alter natural hormones and increase pain in
labor and lengthen the labor.
Induction
Medical induction - safety, medically necessary?
Infant Loss
If you're baby dies in utereo, you have choices of where, when and how
to give birth to your baby that has passed. Also, if you lose your baby at
anytime, these are excellent resources for you to find comfort and healing
in.
Interventions
What happens when interventions are used? When are they medically
necessary?
Intro
About Dr Bradley, doulas and your Bradley instructor's birth stories
Labor
What's it like anyway?
Miscarriage
How to prevent it using herbs.
Natural Induction Methods
Learn how to soften your cervix in preparation for labor and how to kick
start labor, naturally!
Nausea, Morning Sickness
Tips on how to holistically treat nause of pregnancy.
Nutrition
What you eat during pregnancy, labor and while breastfeeding affects you
and baby!
Postdate (42+Weeks)
Info helpful to anyone that is postdates or even for those moms past 40
weeks.
Postpartum Depression
Nearly all postpartum moms have a touch of the baby blues but when it
affects you functioning normally you might have PPD. Learn more and get
support!
Pushing Positions and Information about 2nd Stage
How can they affect the length, efficiency and reduce interventions in 2nd
stage labor.
Relaxation
The KEY to the Bradley Method is to fully relax your body during labor
and let your uterus be the only muscle doing work. These files will give
you relaxation exercises and info to help you.
RH_Negative
Learn more about being RH negative and possibly needing a RhoGam
shot.
Rupture of Membranes - Artificially
(water breaking) "If it ain't broke, don't break it!" AROM can cause
complications and lead to CS. Once it's broke, a time limit is put on your
labor!
Rupture of Membranes - PROM
Premature ROM is when your water spontaneously breaks before the
onset of labor. Know how to handle this situation! Learn how to get labor
going!
Ultrasounds, prenatal testing
Is prenatal testing safe? reliable? Most low-risk moms can chose to forego
the majority of these tests as long as mom and baby are healthy
especially those repeated unnecessarily and for no medical reason!
Vaccinations
The CDC has an aggressive vaccination schedule for babies. Is it right for
your baby?
VBAC
If you had a CS, it is safer to give birth vaginally next time!
Info on newborn procedures, baby care, parenting and much more!
Big Baby or Small Baby
More info on true big babies and truly growth restricted babies.
Birth Place - Homebirth, Birth Center birth or Hospital birth
Research, info to help you find the birth place that is right for you.
Birth Plans
Make a birth plan to share your birth wishes with your birth team!
Birth Provider - Midwives or OBs??
Choosing who attends your birth is one of the most important decisions
you will make!
Books
The best thing you can do for you and your baby is READ, READ, READ!!
Books, articles, research, etc...keep arming yourself with information!
Fully informed parents educated about childbirth have the best outcomes!
Breastfeeding
Breech
If your baby is in the breech position, you can turn your baby or give
birth vaginally!
Cervical_Exams
Internal exams are done frequently and unnecessarily exposing mom and
baby to infection and distressing moms with dilation and effacement
numbers that can't tell you 1) when labor will begin and 2) how long labor
will last. You have the right to decline exams.
Cesarean
1 in 3 women have surgery to birth their baby! Are our bodies really that
incapable of giving birth? Learn how to avoid an unnecessary cesarean!
Less than 10% are truly necessary. The other 23% are elective CS or
doctor-caused CS.
Childbirth_Rights
Federal laws and state laws state that you decide what is done with your
body including declining any and all interventions, drugs, procedures and
surgeries! Know your rights!
Chiropractic Care
Why and how does chiropractic care help mothers during pregnancy and
to prepare baby for birth? Find out how the Webster technique can
reposition Breech babies for a head down birth!
Circumcision
It's been done for years without medical reason and most do it without
religious reaon. Circumcizing your baby boy can lead to complications
including death and harm the breastfeeding relationship... Is it just skin?
Class_Assignments
Check here often for your weekly class assignments. What you put into
your birth will directly affect your birth outcome! Absorb as much as you
can!
Comfort Measures During Pregnancy & Labor
Massage, hot and cold compresses, acupressure, etc... can alleviate labor
pains and help relax the laboring mother as she focuses though each
contraction.
Contractions
How to time your contractions and know when to go to the birth place if
not a home birth.
Cord Blood Banking
Private banking or public donation?
Cord Clamping
How does immediate cord clamping after birth affect the baby?
Diabetes
Gestational diabetes, Type I & Type II diabetes - women can have a
normal, natural pregnancy and birth with proper managment of their
condition, diet and controlling their blood sugar levels!
Doula
A professional labor assistant that compliments a Bradley-trained
husband-coach and provides comfort, information and boosts couples'
confidence during labor, as well as assistance during pregnancy and after
birth.
Drinking_and_Eating_in_Labor
Your body needs energy to function and so your hormones function
efficiently!
Drugs_in_Labor
Pitocin, Cytotec, Epidurals, Stadol, Nubain, Demerol, etc... are they safe?
FDA approved? do they really take your pain away??
Drugs_in_Pregnancy
Rx drugs, OTC drugs, etc... "No drug has been proven safe during
pregnancy" American Academy of Pediatrics [Know your drug's Pregnancy
Category and only take it if it is absolutely necessary!]
Due Dates
EDD (Estimated Due Date) - Full term is 37 to 42 weeks but increasingly
you're expected to have your baby by 40 weeks! Due dates are NOT a
deadline! We aren't machines! Our babies come out when they are done
cooking! Avg length of pregnancy is 41 weeks, 1 day when allowed to go
into spontaneous labor.
EFM
Continuous Electronic Fetal Monitoring - is it really safe? does it always
work?
Environmental Toxins
How do they affect your baby during pregnancy?
Exercise
This is very important! Research proves it shortens labor and reduces
pain and other risks associated with childbirth!
Fetal Positioning
Positions during pregnancy and labor
Group Beta Strep (GBS)
If you tested GBS+, you can decide whether or not you want to use
antibiotics during labor.
Herpes
Can you have a vaginal birth if you have herpes? Check out this info!
Hormones
How can hormones affect my pregnancy and labor? Stress, fear, tension,
drugs, induction, procedures alter natural hormones and increase pain in
labor and lengthen the labor.
Induction
Medical induction - safety, medically necessary?
Infant Loss
If you're baby dies in utereo, you have choices of where, when and how
to give birth to your baby that has passed. Also, if you lose your baby at
anytime, these are excellent resources for you to find comfort and healing
in.
Interventions
What happens when interventions are used? When are they medically
necessary?
Intro
About Dr Bradley, doulas and your Bradley instructor's birth stories
Labor
What's it like anyway?
Miscarriage
How to prevent it using herbs.
Natural Induction Methods
Learn how to soften your cervix in preparation for labor and how to kick
start labor, naturally!
Nausea, Morning Sickness
Tips on how to holistically treat nause of pregnancy.
Nutrition
What you eat during pregnancy, labor and while breastfeeding affects you
and baby!
Postdate (42+Weeks)
Info helpful to anyone that is postdates or even for those moms past 40
weeks.
Postpartum Depression
Nearly all postpartum moms have a touch of the baby blues but when it
affects you functioning normally you might have PPD. Learn more and get
support!
Pushing Positions and Information about 2nd Stage
How can they affect the length, efficiency and reduce interventions in 2nd
stage labor.
Relaxation
The KEY to the Bradley Method is to fully relax your body during labor
and let your uterus be the only muscle doing work. These files will give
you relaxation exercises and info to help you.
RH_Negative
Learn more about being RH negative and possibly needing a RhoGam
shot.
Rupture of Membranes - Artificially
(water breaking) "If it ain't broke, don't break it!" AROM can cause
complications and lead to CS. Once it's broke, a time limit is put on your
labor!
Rupture of Membranes - PROM
Premature ROM is when your water spontaneously breaks before the
onset of labor. Know how to handle this situation! Learn how to get labor
going!
Ultrasounds, prenatal testing
Is prenatal testing safe? reliable? Most low-risk moms can chose to forego
the majority of these tests as long as mom and baby are healthy
especially those repeated unnecessarily and for no medical reason!
Vaccinations
The CDC has an aggressive vaccination schedule for babies. Is it right for
your baby?
VBAC
If you had a CS, it is safer to give birth vaginally next time!