Sweet Peas, Pods & Papas
First stage labor
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Cassandra Okamoto: Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2013 6:48 AM
Bruss and I would like to welcome Cassandra to the Sweet Pea Births Family. She will be a regular contributor to the blog and you will start seeing her around the internet on ourother social mediaplatforms. I am looking forward to sharing her areas of expertise with our students and readers. Bienvenidos, Cassandra! ~KRB
 Hi, I am Cassandra Okamoto and I am a new contributing
writer here at Sweet Pea Births! I thought I would tell you all a little bit
about myself & then share my birth story, which just happened to take place
almost exactly one year ago. |
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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 Friday, June 01, 2012 1:52 PM
 We have had a couple of students have had textbook “NAPS” in
the last two classes…and since we still have several couples waiting for their
babies, I thought this might be a reminder and an inspiration to them for their
labors. NAP – no, they didn’t take epic
naps in labor (although I am a big advocate for sleeping in labor)…what it
means is that they were very patient in their labors.
One of the cornerstones of The Bradley Method® is a Healthy
Mom, Healthy Baby outcome. All of the
discussion below only applies if Mom and Baby are not showing any signs of
distress through labor. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 4:52 PM
 We have now had 28 students complete our Bradley Method®
classes and birth their babies through seven class series – pretty awesome to
know that 28 youngsters are blessed with parents who took the time to give them
healthy pregnancies and Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby births.
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Bruss Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:55 PM
 Coaches CornerToday's post is from Bruss' perspective. He led class on Monday and told a story he had never shared in a class setting before...here it is along with an introduction that shares the line of thinking that went along with the story...
An important part of The Bradley Method® (some say the most important) is relaxation.
The superficial view I had of relaxation going into our first Bradley class and subsequent birth was that of *physical* relaxation. Krystyna and I were/are regular Yoga practitioners and my mental picture of relaxation was the final Yoga posture where one lays prone on the floor after a hard workout where the only option is total physical relaxation.
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC and Jennifer Hanson: Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 9:21 PM
 I am
grateful to Jennifer and Devin Hanson for giving me permission to add their
birth story to our Birth Story Archive.
Their generosity is premiering our first twin story. They have an inspiring story that is a testament to faith and belief in
your body, your coach and your birth team.
Jennifer
was also kind enough to share some thoughts about Bradley Method® classes, care providers and life as a momma
of twins. Read our “virtual interview”
below the links to her birth story. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:32 PM
Our students are coming down the home stretch in their
pregnancies!! We invited some alumni
from our last class to come share their birth story tonight so that our
students could hear from the parents fresh from the birth experience.
Their story brought up an interesting point that was echoed
by some of our current students. What do
you do when uninvited guests show up at your birth? How do you keep them from coming in the first
place?
This is a touchy subject – how do you tell your loving
family or your devoted friend that this is not the time when you want to see
them? |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 5:15 PM
I finally got approval from all the families to post the
Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby pictures. Here
is a brief synopsis of their outcomes along with a birth story from one of the
moms.
All of these are babies from our Fall 2011 Bradley Method®
series. Angelika got to be one of these
babies, too! The families enrolled in
our classes with the intention of having natural births. However, all of them took to heart our
entreaty to evaluate all their decision points with the Healthy Mom, Healthy
Baby filter. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:08 PM
 Communicating with your Care Provider
Tonight’s class was about Variations & Complications of
Labor. The Bradley Method® believes in
teaching this topic so that parents are prepared for the outside possibility of
a variation of labor. We strive to introduce
these in an informative way while leaving out the flashing sirens of fear and
doubt.
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Bruss Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 8:07 AM
Coach's Corner
Bruss reveals his secret to being a great coach today...this is my first insight into his process, too. He has been an amazing coach at all of our births - now I know how he does what he does for our baby and me!~Krystyna
We are regularly contacted by our Bradley® students as they go into labor. For first time parents there is almost an universal excitement.
It is great to talk to the Dads and hear the excitement in their
voices...the nervous, anxious energy as they start the wonderful
experience of child-birth with their partner. |
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