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Doula? Birthkeeper? Lay midwife?
Do eating dates during pregnancy and labour help you to have a shorter pregnancy and easier birth?
In recent years, midwives have been encouraged to advise pregnant women to eat dates during the final weeks of their pregnancy to increase the possibility of spontaneous labour, thereby avoiding an induction for “post-dates”.
Dates and due dates
Do eating dates during pregnancy and labour help you to have a shorter pregnancy and easier birth?
In recent years, midwives have been encouraged to advise pregnant women to eat dates during the final weeks of their pregnancy to increase the possibility of spontaneous labour, thereby avoiding an induction for “post-dates”.
The origins of The Mother Podcast
While I was working as a community midwife in Scotland I was often amazed at how many of my clients had no idea of where to look for help for any health complaints outside of their GP. It was like they were at the mercy of whatever services happen to be covered by the NHS.
The power of a mother's voice
At some point the vibration in my chest from my voice began to soothe the pain nested there. In yoga class we say "vibrate the sound" when we chant, and I was vibrating the sound right into the sore bit and it felt so good. By the time I got home the pain was much lessened. It had been moved, shifted. Healed.
Surrendering with Clary Sage
In recent decades, clary sage has become known for bringing on contractions in a pregnant woman. Birthing units around the country now keep countless bottles of clary sage essential oil to use in labour rooms. Clary sage oil features in every labour kit. Some women swear it helped their labour to start. But what is missing?