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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:50 PM
As we close out Cesarean Awareness Month, I want to share this link to a post that I wrote about "Failing To Progress". So often, these are the words of doom to a couple that is working towards a natural labor.
There are other things that are going on when a woman is in labor. The more birth stories I hear, the more convinced I am that labor is about surrender. That concept is not measurable, nor is it graphed anywhere.
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, April 26, 2013 4:35 PM
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there are no guarantees that the kind or amount of preparation you do will lead
to a vaginal birth, there are things you can do to increase your opportunity to
have the vaginal birth you want for your baby. If I could write a blueprint for having a vaginal birth, I would follow the
Five-Point Plan outlined in our Bradley Method® classes. Here are five things you can do
throughout your pregnancy to decrease your chance of a cesarean when you go
into labor: 1. Exercise
Have you ever heard of a person signing up for a race on the day of the event
with no prior running experience? |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:34 AM
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Stephanie Stanley and Jessica Franks, ICAN Phoenix Co-Leaders: Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:02 PM
 I open today's post with the reminder that April is Cesarean Awareness Month.
The World Health Organization and evidence-based practice only supports a
cesarean rate of 15% or less. While a cesarean birth can be life saving and
necessary, and we are so grateful for the technology when our students need
this intervention, we encourage you to know the difference between a variation
and complication. Is Mom okay? Is Baby okay? If yes to both questions, asking
for time can spare both Mom and Baby from an
"unnecesarean". |
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Cassandra Okamoto: Posted on Friday, March 08, 2013 10:55 AM
Today is a continuation of my birth story from earlier this
week. You can read Part 1 here.
 | Thresh's Birth Story Out of the tub & resting in bed |
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There is a lot that
happened right after Thresh made his entrance into the outside world: getting
into bed, skin to skin between Thresh and his daddy, cutting the cord,
delivering the placenta, eating Greek yogurt with almonds, diapering Thresh,
being made a smoothie with a piece of my placenta, trying to breastfeed, my
midwives and doula cleaning up and later on being stitched up; but instead of
detailing the events I want to reflect more on how I felt that night and beyond
about my son’s birth. |
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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 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: Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:22 AM
 It breaks my heart to hear desperation in a new mama’s
voice, or to read that they are struggling with breastfeeding, or to know that
they are not getting enough sleep. It’s
a harsh reality check after the first few hours of euphoria after the baby is
born.
After a baby is born and the female body is flooded with
endorphins, a mama who has had minimal interference with the natural process
will be completely alert, awake and responsive to the needs of her newborn
child. Hopefully she gets some sleep
after the endorphins wear off. |
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