Preparing:
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Preparing for an Empowering Birth
Interactive 6-week online course guides through the essential steps to prepare for an empowering birth
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Getting to know your pelvis with Kimberly Ann Johnson
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Experiencing Labour and Birth without Fear and Pain
TED Talk with Ferne McCann
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The Essence of Coping in Labour
Relaxation, Rhythm and Ritual with Penny Simkin
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A healthy psoas relieves low back and leg pains, opens and centers the pelvis and hips, & helps avoid induction
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Forward Leaning Inversion
Optimizes room in the lower uterus for baby to get into a more ideal position for birth
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Your Natural Oxytocin as a Safe Birth Activator
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Relieves pressure on the low back, helps support optimal baby positioning, can be used to help regulate or speed up labour
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Clinical Topics
from the Association of Ontario Midwives
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Step-by-step outline
Evidence-informed pregnancy, birth, and early parenting information
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from Peterborough Partners in Pregnancy Clinic
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Peterborough School for Young Moms
Referral form and registration required
705-742-4632
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Unique and Positive Birth Experiences:
Clementine May: Mirror, Family
Birth of Grover: Candlelight Vibe
Parto de Ursula: Birth in Shower
Hannah McNeely: "Intensity" & Homebirth/Waterbirth w/ Sibling
Ellen Fisher: Breathing & Homebirth/Waterbirth w/ Siblings
The Birth of Jett: Labouring in Pool, Birth in Bed
Amelia Birth: Birthing Stool (short clip)