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Natural Birth V.s. The Epidural (Part 3): How Hormones affect bonding and parenting

In my last post, I talked about the Hormonal Blueprint of labor. This “blueprint”, if you will, guides the body into it’s natural, normal labor and birthing process. And then in turn, sets us up with a nice “cocktail” of hormones that get us to bond with our baby, to feed and care for it. [...]

¶ Posted 27 June 2009 † beth § Breastfeeding § Labor ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: Accomplishment, Best Friends, Birth Experience, Blueprint, Breast, Choices, Cocktail, Coffee, Dual Purpose, Hormones, Human Females, Labor Contractions, Little Babies, Motherhood, Natural Birth, Orgasm, Oxytocin, Parenting, Placenta, Self Esteem

Let Labor Begin On It’s Own

One of the Care Practices recommended by Lamaze International, which is based on recommendations from the World Health Organization is to let labor begin on it’s own. This is really the first of the care practices, and pretty much sets you up for a more natural, normal birth. Letting labor begin on it’s own time [...]

¶ Posted 26 May 2009 † beth § Labor ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Birth Center, Birth Experience, Care Practices, Evening Primrose Oil, Fetal Heart Rate, Lamaze International, Low Birth Weight, Many Mothers, Mother And Baby, Natural Birth, Nicu, Normal Birth, Prostaglandins, Raspberry Leaf Tea, Raspberry Tea, Red Blood Cells, Shoulder Dystocia, Vaginal Birth, World Health Organization, Yellow Skin

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