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Are Basic Needs Met in Labor?

August 24, 2021 By Lauren McClain

Are Basic Needs Met in Labor?

You’re probably familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I learned about it in teacher education, the idea being that we couldn’t expect a kid who hadn’t eaten or didn’t feel safe at home to care much about learning his times tables. Your physical needs are the most important. When those basic needs are left unmet, […]

Filed Under: Birth Science, Birth Workers, Natural Birth

Manage Labor Pain without Drugs: Birth Class/Doula Handout

May 18, 2021 By Lauren McClain

Manage Labor Pain without Drugs: Birth Class/Doula HandoutNatural birth without drugs doesn't mean there's nothing you can do to make the experience more manageable! Here is a graphic handout for birth class or doulas to share the ways we mitigate pain in labor without pharmaceuticals. These are things anyone can do, anywhere. Increase comfort in labor through 1. optimizing body mechanics, 2. [...]

Filed Under: Better Birth Graphics

Favorite [Birth] Things #2: A Doula

January 26, 2021 By Lauren McClain

Favorite [Birth] Things #2: A Doula

It’s Lauren’s Favorite [Birth] Things! My absolute favorite birth things are a loving, confident partner and a loving, respectful, and skilled provider. My hope is that you have or manage to find both. Lauren’s Favorite Birth Things necessarily focuses on birth things anyone can get–at least in some form. In the spirit of Oprah’s favorite things, these […]

Filed Under: Birth Professionals, Easier Birthing, Favorite [Birth] Things

Favorite [Birth] Things #1: A Class

January 21, 2021 By Lauren McClain

Favorite [Birth] Things #1: A Class

  It’s Lauren’s Favorite [Birth] Things! My absolute favorite birth things are a loving, confident partner and a loving, respectful, and skilled provider. My hope is that you have or manage to find both. Lauren’s Favorite Birth Things necessarily focuses on birth things anyone can get–at least in some form. In the spirit of Oprah’s favorite things, […]

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Eating for Pregnancy Book Review

January 18, 2021 By Lauren McClain

Eating for Pregnancy Book Review

Hello everyone, The team behind Eating for Pregnancy sent me a copy to review. Catherine Jones, Rose Ann Hudson, RD, LD, and Dr. Teresa Knight have put together a handy month-by-month guide. Here’s what I think! More cookbook than nutrition guide, I like this for the quick and simple nutrition sound bytes they offer to […]

Filed Under: Healthy Pregnancy Recipes

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