5 IMPORTANT WAYS TO PREP FOR BIRTH

by Katy Iengo

10/24/2023

5 IMPORTANT WAYS TO PREP FOR BIRTH:

1) Get your hands on as much educational content as possible! Books, podcasts, birthing classes, do it all! You wouldn’t go into any other huge type of undertaking without a lot of prep, why risk it with child birth?

2) Build a solid support team. Get your partner on board, hire a doula, find a great provider, and pick a safe place to birth! We know you may not have control over all of these choices, so find great support where you can to create a safety buffer around your birth!

3) Find fun and sustainable movement! Swimming, walking, yoga, dancing, WHATEVER YOU WANT. Just move your body. It pays off huge in birth.

4) Bond with your baby! We can’t stress enough how much this can help in labor. It makes the process an experience you’re BOTH a part of, making it much less lonely and overwhelming. Ways to bond? Simply include baby in your day! Talk to them, eat with them, dance with them, laugh with them.

5) SURRENDER but ADVOCATE! Yes, birth is a wild, beautiful, unpredictable animal which deserved our respect and surrender. But that doesn’t mean relinquishing your power. You have the power to advocate, to choose, and to design the birth of your dreams.

Did you use any of these in your birth or are you planning on using them?!