Category Archives: Labor & Birth

As your due date approaches, you may find yourself facing the possibility of labor induction. This medical intervention is performed to stimulate contractions and initiate the birthing process when it doesn’t occur spontaneously. Let’s take a look at the various labor induction methods, their purposes, potential risks, and other factors you should consider. Understanding these

Delayed (Optimal) cord clamping is a practice in which the umbilical cord is not immediately clamped and cut after the birth of a baby. Instead, the cord is left intact for a period of time, usually until it has stopped pulsing or for a few minutes after birth. There is growing evidence to support delayed

Your poor bladder has to put up with a lot during your pregnancy! It’s your baby’s favorite place to practice jumping, after all! All that baby-jumping and bouncing keeps your bladder—and your need to pee—on your mind constantly. Let’s look at why having an empty bladder is important. First, I just want to say I

This is part 2 of our Common Interventions discussion. Check out our part 1 (here) where we discussed IV fluids and continuous fetal monitoring. For part 2, we’re going to take a look at AROM and IV Pain Meds. If there are other interventions you’d like more information on, let us know! AROM AROM or

What do you think of when you hear the word “intervention”? You may think interventions are unnecessary, and that they’ll lead to more interventions. Or maybe you feel like they’re necessary, or that your provider needs to be the person deciding when to use an intervention. A good way to view interventions is to think

“Heyyyyy, let me take a quick peek at your bleeding and give your uterus a little rub…” your sweet L&D nurse says to you. Blissfully unaware of anything other than your brand new squishy baby, you reply “yeah…ok…” not thinking twice about what “little rub” really means….. Often times I hear birthing people say they