why we feel pain in labor and pain relief methods

[blue daisy]

Hey Suga

as a guide most natural therapies need a week or 2 to take effect

I cant personally comment on acupuncture, but I had reflexology from 37 weeks to reduce going post dates and minimise my risk of any medical intervention

I had Jay on his due date

x

[~mamaspice~]

Natalie,

I've just read this thread. It's fantastic it all makes sooo much sense. And to think a lot of women aren't even aware of the reasons why breathing and not being fearful of the birth process are sooo important in labour. Why aren't these sorts of things explained properly by obstetricians or in our ante-natal classes

Do let me know when Beautiful Birth is available as I would definately love to buy a copy.

Suga, I had acupuncture to try and bring on labour but it didn't work. It did however work wonders for my cankles

I will definately try reflexology for my next bub though as I don't want to go too far past 40 weeks either considering it'll be a VBAC.

Natalie, also, thanks for sharing that you still got PND with your second bub, but that you found it easier to manage. I am kind of hoping that if I can have a beautiful birth experience next time, I won't get PND again but it is good to be aware that it can still definately happen.

Thanks again for this thread

Tamara

[blue daisy]

Hey Tamara

thank you for your kind words

the more wonderful women that support my work, the better able I am to get it out there

so a big thank you

the reason OB's and antenatal classes dont cover this is because they are too busy telling you what might go wrong...focus on the negative not the beauty

x

[blue daisy]

Beautiful Birth is finished!

[~mamaspice~]

Yay, great Natalie, let me know when I can get one.

[onthefly]

Congrats on finishing your book Natalie! I'm sure it'll be a great read.

By the way, I used acupuncture to try and avoid induction and the therapist told me the longer you do it for, the better. Ideally you would have therapy throughout pregnancy, then up the ante, so to speak, once you go post-dates. I started at 38 weeks. Havn't managed to bring on labour, but it did really help with my back/leg pain - have been able to go for walks again, which was really nice.