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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

Medical Tools for Birth: Intervention Handout

June 30, 2020 By Lauren McClain

Medical Tools for Birth: Intervention HandoutMedical Tools/Birth Interventions Research Handout Here is the research on the most common medical tools used in birth. A practical, quick-reference that gives you an understanding of interventions at-a-glance. A full text of the double-sided resource is included below. Pros & Cons of IV With an IV placed, you will be attached to a pole [...]

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Breastfeeding a Newborn: Tiny Stomach Graphic

June 30, 2020 By Lauren McClain

Breastfeeding a Newborn: Tiny Stomach GraphicBreastfeeding a Newborn Handout This graphic demonstrates the size of a baby's stomach at one day, three days, one week, and one month. A baby needs to eat often to feel full. Try printing these as business cards with your own information on the other side, or as magnets for your clients. Or, you can [...]

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Checklist for an Amazing Birth

June 30, 2020 By Lauren McClain

Checklist for an Amazing BirthPrintable Birth Preparation Checklist Get a simple, ready-to-use guide for those prenatal meetings, your natural birth classes, or talking to a partner about pregnancy needs. Baby in the best place focuses on fetal positioning, connection with the baby, and letting labor start on its own. Body in the best place is about choosing the most [...]

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