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✨Labor is one of the most intense and transformative experiences of your life. Your body is doing incredible work, and tuning in to what it’s telling you can make all the difference
˃ Being in tune with your body allows you to surrender to the natural rhythm of labor. When you let go and allow your body to lead, the process can feel less controlled by fear or tension and more like an empowered, flowing experience

˃ When you’re aligned with your body’s needs—whether it’s changing positions or responding to urges—labor can progress more efficiently. By staying in sync with your instincts, you’re helping your body work in the way it was designed to.

💖 Remember, you are the expert on your body. Trust it, honor it, and allow it to guide you. You’ve got everything you need to bring your baby into the world with strength and grace.

💫 Cervical Checks During Labor: What You Need to Know 💫

As you enter the labor process, one of the things you might encounter are cervical checks—a way for healthcare providers to monitor your progress and how your body is responding to labor. But should you have them? Here’s what you need to know:

What’s the Purpose? 🩺
Cervical checks are done to see how much your cervix has dilated and effaced (thinned out). This helps your birth team assess how far along you are in the labor process.
It’s Your Choice! 💖
Cervical checks are completely optional. You can choose whether you want them or not, and it’s important to communicate your preferences with your birth team. Don’t feel pressured to have one if you’re not comfortable!
Know the Pros and Cons ⚖️
While cervical checks give insight into your labor progress and might be helpful to determine next steps, they can also cause discomfort and, in some cases, unnecessary stress (especially if you feel like your progress isn’t happening “fast enough”). They can also introduce a small risk of infection.
Stay Informed & In Control ✨
If you choose to have cervical checks, know that they’re just one tool to assess your labor. Cervical dilation doesn’t always correlate with how “close” you are to meeting your baby! Trust your body and your instincts as your guide.
Alternatives for Progress Tracking 🌿
If you’re looking for ways to monitor your progress without frequent cervical checks, you can ask your birth team to look for other signs, like contractions, baby’s position, or your energy levels.
Remember: You’re in control of your labor—your body, your choices. 💪💖

✨What are some of your first memories of birth?

Are they stories from your Mother? Aunt? Grandma? A well meaning friend? A complete stranger who thinks their horror story of birth is appropriate for a growing adolescent🙄?
Or are your memories only from what you have seen so awfully portrayed on television, typically where the women’s water unexpectedly breaks and they cut scene to her screaming in a hospital bed on her back while dad is either looking squeamish or running down the hall about to miss the birth.

In fact, I can promise the births you have seen on tv or in movies make us (birthworkers) cringe, laugh out load, roll our eyes, or make us angry that again a billion dollar show fails to adequately portray birth. EVERY SINGLE TIME. Because that is not birth. It’s entertainment, created to elicit emotions.

I think I can safety say for the majority of us the stories we hear and ones that seem to be told over and over are those filled with scary tales of hospital coercion, unnecessary use of interventions, lack of support, “failure” of their body.. ect..

What if I told you those stories AREN’T the majority?
That those stories aren’t the norm?
That birth doesn't have to be and isn't always scary or traumatic?
And most importantly THOSE STORIES ARE NOT YOURS.

📣THEY ARE NOT YOURS📣