Lauren McClain, Author at Better Birth Blog

Elements of Easier Birth

September 14, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Trusting the process...the whole process Although women have no second thoughts about growing a baby (ooo...gotta work on growing some tiny toenails today!), they very often lack trust in the birth process. We trust our bodies to grow the baby. We need to trust them to get the baby out as well. A good childbirth education class [...]

Failure to Progress: The Simple Solution Nobody Knows

August 24, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Cesareans are a dime a dozen these days. Some are necessary, life-saving, even just sanity-saving, the best choice in a clinically murky situation. Many are unnecessary, the result of hurried doctors, unkind staff, tired mothers, and an avalanche of interventions 'strongly recommended.' There are also cesareans that happen because of clinical ineptitude. Today I'd like [...]

Surprise Breech Homebirth: Mom grapples with consequences

August 17, 2016 By Lauren McClain

I am pleased to have a new birth story for the blog, a surprise breech homebirth! Judah’s mom shares with us her difficult first pregnancy and a birth experience out of her control, her realization that doctors are fallible, and her decision to birth at home. I’m thankful she felt comfortable sharing her birth story and writing […]

Men Help Less Than They Think

July 21, 2016 By Lauren McClain

What Men Do Men do more at home than they ever have, but it's not as much as they think and it doesn't come close to what women do. This may not surprise you. Before children, research shows that modern young couples do about the same amount of domestic work. But after having a baby, women [...]

Stress and Everything Else: What You Pass on to your Children

July 6, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Epigenetics: Baby Learns about Life from Womb Babies learn about the world they will live in from their time in utero. That means that they expect the world to be similar to their experience gestating. A new study shows that women who were stressed during pregnancy have babies with oxytocin receptor genes that are more easily turned […]

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