20-minute episodes summarize key information you need to prepare for labor, birth, and the early days of parenting. Host Janelle Durham, co-author of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn is a mom, doula, parent educator and childbirth educator. She pulls together research-based recommendations with realistic advice from her experience with thousands of families. Episode transcripts and links to more resources available at transitiontoparenthood.wordpress.com.
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20-minute episodes summarize key information you need to prepare for labor, birth, and the early days of parenting. Host Janelle Durham, co-author of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn is a mom, doula, parent educator and childbirth educator. She pulls together research-based recommendations with realistic advice from her experience with thousands of families. Episode transcripts and links to more resources available at transitiontoparenthood.wordpress.com.
Comfort techniques for labor include cognitive strategies (visualization, affirmations), pleasant distractions (massage, music, aromatherapy), counter-irritants, and body mechanics (movement and massage) which can help make labor pain less intense and less unpleasant.
Transition to Parenthood
20-minute episodes summarize key information you need to prepare for labor, birth, and the early days of parenting. Host Janelle Durham, co-author of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn is a mom, doula, parent educator and childbirth educator. She pulls together research-based recommendations with realistic advice from her experience with thousands of families. Episode transcripts and links to more resources available at transitiontoparenthood.wordpress.com.
