The Labor Safety Cycle
When you think of comfort, connection and relaxation, those ideas are often synonymous with safety. It’s important to feel safe in order to feel the full extent of love. Often, the love we feel for our children, theirs for us, for our partners and family, help us to have a sense of security.
Labor requires the same feeling of safety.
Oxytocin, the chemical compound and hormone secreted by our brain to make strong, regular contractions, is highest when we feel safe.
When we feel safe, loved, calm and comfortable, we’re able to relax our muscles.
The more our muscles relax, the less we feel discomfort, and the faster the process of birth moves forward.
When you’re developing your plans for labor, increasing the feelings of safety around your knowledge of the process, keeping a calm environment, connecting with your partner are all absolutely essential ways to increase the positivity and productivity of your birth.
When you’re discussing your birth plans with your labor doula team, make sure you ask yourself:
How does this choice or preference increase my feelings of comfort and safety?
If you’re supporting those feelings, you’re well on your way to a wonderful birt
When you think of comfort, connection and relaxation, those ideas are often synonymous with safety. It’s important to feel safe in order to feel the full extent of love. Often, the love we feel for our children, theirs for us, for our partners and family, help us to have a sense of security.
Labor requires the same feeling of safety.
Oxytocin, the chemical compound and hormone secreted by our brain to make strong, regular contractions, is highest when we feel safe.
When we feel safe, loved, calm and comfortable, we’re able to relax our muscles.
The more our muscles relax, the less we feel discomfort, and the faster the process of birth moves forward.
When you’re developing your plans for labor, increasing the feelings of safety around your knowledge of the process, keeping a calm environment, connecting with your partner are all absolutely essential ways to increase the positivity and productivity of your birth.
When you’re discussing your birth plans with your labor doula team, make sure you ask yourself:
How does this choice or preference increase my feelings of comfort and safety?
If you’re supporting those feelings, you’re well on your way to a wonderful birth!
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