Sweet Peas, Pods & Papas
Managing or coping with natural labor
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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 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, 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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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:35 AM
 Happy New Year! Thank
you to all of you, especially our regular readers – we are now embarking on our second
year of musings about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and parenting. I welcome any comments you may have and
suggestions on topics you are interested in exploring with me.
To close out last year, students from our fall series
welcomed their child on December 31st. They had what might be a record for longest labor
from one of our students…51 hours! This
family labored for 2 days and 3 hours…our hats are off to them for making the
decisions they needed to make in order to have a Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby
outcome. |
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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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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:11 AM
 So we have our sweet Angelika sitting in on classes with us
since she is still nursing exclusively.
At eleven-weeks old she is a relatively easy baby who sleeps or coos
quietly during class time. For now, I
can only hope it is a nice motivation for our students to see this sweet baby
and look forward to the day when they will be holding their own sweet child.
We taught Class 3 and had our first “scenario” coaching
exercise last night. I can see that it
is hard for the coaches and the moms in our class to imagine being in the midst
of labor. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman: Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:11 PM
 Does that title bring the Salt N’ Pepa song to mind? In their song they talk about how sex is a
taboo subject; sex and pregnancy is even more so. How many of you have ever broached with the
subject as a casual topic of conversation with your friends or family around
the holiday table, “So, we’re pregnant now and we were wondering how your sex
life was when you were pregnant – what can you tell us?” Lead balloon warning!
I thought I would write a brief post on this since it came up
in last night’s review class. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman: Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:44 AM
We had the privilege of completing our sixth series as Bradley
Method® instructors last night. It is
humbling to have couples trust us to help them prepare for the birth of their
child – we always wonder if we did the best we could and break down every class
on the way home. We feel honored to have
these wonderful people choose us as their childbirth educators given the
variety of classes available to birthing couples today.
 For labor rehearsal last night, we did an exercise in which
we read out two scenarios: the “sprint” birth and the “marathon” birth. |
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Rachel Davis, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:41 AM
We are officially on our babymoon. Thank you to Rachel Davis,AAHCC for writing today's post so that we could snuggle with our baby who just turned four weeks old!
Rachelis a Bradley Method® instructor and
birth doula in downtown Phoenix. Her next Bradley Method®series will be offered on Tuesday evenings from January 10, 2012 through April 3, 2012.
Pictured above is a momma laboring in a birth tub. Dad is in the water with momma doing back massage, while the doula is rubbing mom's shoulders and encouraging her verbally. |
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