There are so many things you can use to help you through labor. There are totally different techniques, lots of comprehensive and super effective programs you can use like Hypno, and a lot of position support and comfort measures that trained support people can bring to your birth as well. But let’s get back to the basics with these 6 tips for coping with labor.

Let's be pregnant together!*

…So, in addition to our regular content, we’re going to take our followers on a little journey. Starting with your first week of pregnancy and ending the year in the “fourth trimester,” adjusting to your new life with a little one, we’re going to take all of 2022 to try to help our clients, followers, and friends feel a little more prepared for what’s to come. We won’t post updates every week, but at the milestone moments. We’ll have little snapshots on social media, with more in-depth explorations on our blog.

You can do hard things. Even this.

I am grateful for the unique perspective I am granted as a birth worker. There is something so grounding about attending births in this season, remembering that life cannot be stopped. I believe the world could use some more doulas right now; doulas in families, friendships and at work. Fellow humans, willing to sit in an honest acknowledgment of the fullness of our circumstance, reminding us of the value of the pain we are enduring. Someone willing to stand with you and say, “I know this hurts, but remember that you can do hard things.”