Sweet Peas, Pods & Papas
Drinking during labor
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:03 AM
I read THISarticle this morning about how oxytocin helps to reduce stress and
promote peace. No surprise that this is
the same hormone that is released when we make love, arguably a great stress
reliever and a promoter of peace for couples. A lovely consequence: welcome, baby, some 36+ weeks later!
In addition to being the “love” hormome, oxytocin is also produced in great
quantity when a woman is in labor. The
hard contractions can only happen if the woman’s body is producing ample
oxytocin. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, June 08, 2012 7:27 PM
Here are some of the ways we recommend our students
manage their labor without analgesics or anesthetics. Even when they are used in labor, we are so happy that our couples use them as tools to manage a long labor and their children are born nursing vigorously and with high APGAR scores.
 Mom and Coach are informed. Through the course of The Bradley Method® class series,
parents are taught about what to expect as “normal” in labor, what the
variations on normal might be, the different options and interventions in
labor, and how to recognize a complication that warrants a change in the plan
for a Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby outcome. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:34 PM
 The night arrived again – when we say farewell to our
students and wish them the best for their birth and the journey of family upon
which they are about to embark. Bruss
always tells the first-time parents that he is jealous of them because there is
nothing else like the experience of welcoming your first child and discovering
parenthood for the first time.
I reflect and wonder if we have told them everything, showed
them everything, practiced everything – which is of course, realistically,
impossible. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:37 AM
 I made the mistake of serving sweet gooey treats for snack
in class tonight. It got really quiet
after we did our labor rehearsal – oops.
So what are ways of increasing your energy during pregnancy,
or additionally, your labor, if you are feeling low energy?
Abdominal
Breathing We talk about it often in class – deep abdominal breathing
is one of the best ways to increase oxygen in your body while still maintaining
a deep level of relaxation.
Chest breathing wastes a tremendous amount of energy. |
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Lisa Pearson, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:40 AM
 We are officially on our babymoon. Thank you to my fellow Bradley®teacher, Lisa Pearson, AAHCC for contributing today's post that addresses the function of water in pregnancy.
We all know
it is important to stay hydrated, especially when we live in the desert. Why is it so important? Does it matter what we drink to hydrate our
bodies? What is the best way to hydrate
our bodies? How much do we need to drink
in order to properly hydrate our bodies?
Ok, let’s
start at, “ |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:39 AM
 Our labor
started around 5:00 am on Thursday morning (9/29/11). I was running around trying
to get Brussito’s birthday breakfast table together, when I had a contraction
that made me stop in my tracks and grab onto the edge of the bed. The
contractions kept coming throughout the morning. Since my water had not
broken yet, which is how our other three labors had started, Bruss and I
decided it was best if I went back to bed to get some sleep. We called
our chiropractor, Dr. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman: Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 2:41 AM
 …That is the question…if you are planning a hospital birth. When you are laboring at home or a birth center, you have the freedom to eat as your appetite dictates. If you choose to have a hospital birth, you are at the mercy of your doctor’s orders and the nurse’s interpretation of the hospital protocol.
As we found out the hard way, sometimes the doctor approves something but it is not in writing and signed off on the birth plan. In our case it was something that was agreed upon through the course of labor that we hadn’t anticipated in our birth plan. |
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