The Yoga Birth Method: A Step-by-Step Guide for Natural Childbirth
Dorothy Guerra
Language: English
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0738736651
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Plan a childbirth that’s calm, natural, and self-empowered with The Yoga Birth Method. Applying the wisdom of yoga throughout the stages of pregnancy and labor, author Dorothy Guerra presents an eight-step pathway for connecting with your mind, body, and spirit from start to finish.
This easy-to-use guide will help you prepare for a positive and joyful childbirth. Learn how to manage pain, eliminate anxiety, and encourage labor progression with breathing and meditation techniques, affirmations, and yoga poses. Couples choose an intention that becomes a focal point for embracing a calm state of mind throughout the physical and emotional challenges of labor. You’ll also find guidance in drafting a birth plan, labor-support techniques for birth partners, helpful illustrations, information on medical intervention, and a “go to” chapter with detailed advice on all stages of labor to use when the big day arrives.
Praise:
“A beautiful mind-body-spirit approach to birth!”―Penny Simkin, PT, author of The Birth Partner
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description of how your labor will unfold for sure. Labor is described in a grey scale and is mostly dictated by the choices you make and the needs of your baby. All you can do for sure is be informed of all the grey matter and have an action plan to manage your mind, body, and spirit on the big day. I assume you are reading this book because you want to birth naturally. You might even be wondering, “What is the difference between natural and medicated births?” Natural birth is when a woman
pain will progressively intensify. The contractions become longer, stronger, and closer together. When you start to feel that the pain is becoming intolerable, remind yourself that it will get worse. This will help you to keep pain in perspective. By acknowledging the pain as a process to getting to delivery stage, you empower yourself with acceptance. Expecting the pain to progress helps you build a higher pain threshold. What happens to my body in early labor? Physical changes in early labor:
true to labor. As you connect to your pain from a deeper level within you, be present to the energy of the labor process. Let go of whatever comes up emotionally that seems difficult and surrender to what is happening as it unfolds. Don’t allow external distractions to control your birthing process. Trust in your natural ability to give birth to your child. As we apply the techniques, you will learn how to turn off sensory distractions that come up in labor. Step 6: Concentration (Dharana)—
the throat, creating a natural “Om wave” sound. Purpose: Ujjayi breathing encourages deep abdominal relaxation, which will enable you to start labor from a calm state and help your body relax. Ujjayi breathing gives you a very focused approach to breath awareness and begins your state of meditation. Ujjayi triggers the relaxation response in the body and helps you cope with the first phase of contractions. Yoga Postures Yoga postures will help advance labor progression to active phase, using
doctors felt comfortable having me come back to be monitored the following Sunday and Tuesday. We figured that when we went on Tuesday they would keep us in the hospital. A week later, on Tuesday at 4:30 pm, I had them start the induction process with Cervidil. We relaxed with music and waited for the ride to begin. I was hopeful that I wouldn’t need any pain meds and get through my labor with movement, breathing, and visualization. I wasn’t able to sleep and started to feel stomach cramps—it