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The Bradley Method® pain management
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:46 AM
Top Ten List:Reasons To Take A Bradley Method® Class
We had the privilege of starting two new Bradley Method® Class Series last week. We are teaching a Friday night series with First-time parents, and on Sunday we are teaching our Bradley Method® "Next Class" with alumni families who are expecting baby number two.
Some of the thoughts shared when we asked our students "why are you here today" inspired today's post. |
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Posted on Friday, July 06, 2012 8:07 AM
 | Standing position Leaning forward is a position for managing back labor - it helps get a posterior baby with the hard part of baby's head against mom's back off of her sacrum and ease some of the nerve pain that makes back labor so uncomfortable. |
|  | Rocking or Rhythmic Motion Some couples find it feels better to rock and sway in rhythm to her breathing - obviously not in labor in this picture - it's the closest I could find in my images! |
|  | Seated position Another choice for back labor that has mom leaning forward; also good for rocking and rhythmic motion when you use a birth ball or a rocking chair. This particular scenario allows access to massage mom at many different points. |
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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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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 Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:20 AM
 Bruss taught class last night and he is in the process of writing a blog post on mental relaxation beyond the script...in the meantime I am going to share some information about an event that the Arizona Bradley Method® instructors are planning.
The Bradley Method® has been helping women and their partners to have safe, satisfying birth experiences since the 1950s and it still works. Area instructors affiliated with The Bradley Method® of Natural Childbirth will be hosting a Family Picnic on Saturday, May 5, 2012. |
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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, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, October 14, 2011 5:19 AM
My mom
arrived from Chicago to relieve my aunt at around 4:00 pm on Friday afternoon.
She came in to see how I was doing. She asked, “How are things going?”
which of course started the tears again. Being a woman of great faith,
she said a beautiful prayer over us, then gave me a kiss and left the room to
go take care of the kiddos. I pulled myself together and decided I wanted
to go see our children. I missed them and one of the benefits of a
homebirth is having those you love near to you. |
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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 and Chelsey Bloomfield: Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 2:54 AM
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