Stages of Labour
Childbirth education classes are absolutely wonderful, and I teach them so of course I believe in their value, but I can totally admit that it’s a lot of information to retain at once. One of the most important parts of a childbirth education class are the stages of labour, and even if I spend an entire hour on it during the class and make the activities interactive and exciting, I feel like families still aren’t as interested in it or remember as much information as I wish they would.
Understanding the stages of labour is what can help families cope better when labour begins and avoid major disappointment once cervical checks begin to happen. It can also help families identify what tools are best to use to help them get from latent to active labour, and it also helps to answer the question, why do I even need to have contractions anyway?
Contractions are what changes the cervix and understanding the time between them or intensity of them in relation to cervical change also helps to offer families a sense of ‘why is this happening’ or ‘why *isn’t* this happening’?
The two videos linked below are absolutely wonderful to watch. I’d suggest watching them on different days because there is key information in both that might sound the same but they are actually conveying different and equally important characteristics of labour.
These are especially important if you are not taking a childbirth education class, so please watch them twice and write down both your commentaries and questions as you go. To make that even easier for you, the third link below is to a google form that you can open on your phone and record the questions and thoughts as you watch on your laptop; doing this is one of the best ways that I can best understand where your head’s at and how I can help.
I’m already looking forward to getting that email in my inbox that you’ve completed the Google Form! Chat soon.
Childbirth education classes are absolutely wonderful, and I teach them so of course I believe in their value, but I can totally admit that it’s a lot of information to retain at once. One of the most important parts of a childbirth education class are the stages of labour, and even if I spend an entire hour on it during the class and make the activities interactive and exciting, I feel like families still aren’t as interested in it or remember as much information as I wish they would.
Understanding the stages of labour is what can help families cope better when labour begins and avoid major disappointment once cervical checks begin to happen. It can also help families identify what tools are best to use to help them get from latent to active labour, and it also helps to answer the question, why do I even need to have contractions anyway?
Contractions are what changes the cervix and understanding the time between them or intensity of them in relation to cervical change also helps to offer families a sense of ‘why is this happening’ or ‘why *isn’t* this happening’?
The two videos linked below are absolutely wonderful to watch. I’d suggest watching them on different days because there is key information in both that might sound the same but they are actually conveying different and equally important characteristics of labour.
These are especially important if you are not taking a childbirth education class, so please watch them twice and write down both your commentaries and questions as you go. To make that even easier for you, the third link below is to a google form that you can open on your phone and record the questions and thoughts as you watch on your laptop; doing this is one of the best ways that I can best understand where your head’s at and how I can help.
I’m already looking forward to getting that email in my inbox that you’ve completed the Google Form! Chat soon.