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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 [...]

Four L-Words that Make Birth Hard

June 16, 2016 By Lauren McClain

photo credit: Petal and Vine Photography Birth is a physiological, instinctual act. We muss it up considerably with our meddling and medicine and science. That's not to say that science doesn't sometimes help and for that we are very grateful. It would be nice if science could just wait until it was called on [...]

How to Align Baby for Easier Birth

April 25, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Get Baby in the Best Position! Your baby has an active role in her birth. She must rotate and tuck, hold and kick her body in certain ways to be born. She needs your help to do this. Babies who are lined up optimally for birth come out faster and easier than those who […]

Acupuncture for Pregnancy & Birth

February 16, 2016 By Lauren McClain

I met my friend Erin when she took birth classes in Bowie, MD last year. Erin is an acupuncturist and I asked her to share some ways that she helps women. I am especially intrigued by acupuncture as fertility treatment because I have had two couples who went through serious medical treatments, were about to […]

Remember This One Thing For An Easier Birth

January 27, 2015 By Lauren McClain

Our disgust with each other I teach birth classes to pregnant couples. We watch videos of birth to help prepare both moms and dads for what natural birth looks and sounds like, in all its variety. One night my newlywed brother-in-law and his wife joined class because they were visiting from out of town. After […]