The Path of Labor
What actually happens in the body in childbirth?
What can you expect?
Every birth is different so there's no way to give you an exact map of how your birth will go.
Including how long each part of it will take, or what you will encounter along the way.
But we can give you a sense of the signposts you'll see along the way in the journey. This will help you to know where you're at.
Partners find this extremely helpful, as it helps them to have a sense of what is going on, instead of feeling completely in the dark.
We connect the dots for you until it all makes sense.
Every woman that has given birth will tell you that if she hadn't known what was going on inside of her body that she would've felt anxious and afraid. And we know that fear in childbirth causes physical pain: this fear-tension-pain cycle has been studied and proven to be real.
One way to break that cycle is to connect the sensations that you feel in birth to the knowledge of what is happening in your body. The Path of Labor gives you all of that knowledge.
Lessons:
Birth Physiology: How your body and your baby work together in labor
Vaginal Exams: benefits and risks of cervical checks, consent and more
The Pelvic Clock
Fetal Position Matters
Tools and Practices to Aid Positioning: Inversion, Rebozo and more
Baby's Movements during Birth
The Emotional Signs: indicators to know where you are in the journey
Some of what you'll learn:
- the medical jargon that you'll likely hear your doctor, midwife or nurse saying, so you understand what's going on in the birthing space
- birth physiology. You get access to incredible graphics and illustrations only available to childbirth educators. You won't find this content by googling for it.
- the path that labor takes, explained in a way that is very clear and easy to understand.
Whether you’re in your last trimester or the spark of growing this life within you has just ignited, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Sign up for a mini-course or grab one of our free offerings, here. This space was built for your growth, and we’re so grateful to share it with you.
Offerings to meet you where you are.
Feel free to slow down. Explore.
Choose what best supports you throughout this time of growing your baby under ten moons.
Water Wisdom for Birth
How to labor using water (hydrotherapy)
and
How to have a waterbirth
1:1 Session with Rava
First session is free
Guided Meditation and Hypnosis Preparation for Childbirth
This audio track program melts stress away at the end of a long day of working and growing your baby within you. And it prepares your mind through hypnosis for childbirth
Not sure what you need yet? Take a look and start wherever feels right.
Ready to make space for what’s next?
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