3. Avoiding breech presentation …
To avoid breech presentation, in which the child is oriented feet first, instead of a headfirst position, learn to relieve the tension in the lower area of your body. Breech presentation occurs in about three percent of pregnant women, and this condition almost always requires caesarean section.
Women who experience elevated levels of stress, fear, and anxiety during pregnancy tend to be tight in the lower uterine segment. To prevent or correct breech presentation, you can try acupuncture, bio-energetic breathing, hypnosis, or relaxation techniques.
4. Eating a nutritious, vitamin-dense diet …
Getting plenty of essential fats and high-quality animal proteins is a factor that will encourage strong and effective labour, since important amino-acids build up muscle stores necessary for a successful delivery.
It is particularly important to ingest adequate amounts of amino-acid l-carnitine from grass-fed red meats and organs, such as beef heart. The need for l-carnitine is increased during the final trimester of pregnancy.
5. Taking time to choose the best possible place for your childbirth …
Plan to deliver your baby in a place where you feel safe, stress-free, well-supported, and secure.
While most modern hospitals can offer the highest level of medical support, some women will feel more comfortable giving birth in their familiar home environment, with a help of a skilful doctor or midwife.
Family-centered maternity care centers can provide both excellent medical aid and the comforts of home.
6. Hiring an experienced doula …
Consider hiring an experience, caring doula to “stand by” you during the hours of labour and delivery. The help of such person near you while giving birth cannot be overestimated. Studies show that having a “mothering’ doula in the delivery room greatly diminishes the risks of developing childbirth complications and having caesarean section.
Hi Amanda :
Am Bashaier from kuwait ,am expecting my third child soon. you know am not sure if what I will tell you is scientifically correct, yet some of thies tips are really usefull and made my earlier delivaries easier!
in my last pregnancy when i didnt deliver fast, as if it was ages since i got pregnant , my aunt adviced me to have sex , i did although i didnt have sex during the whole ninth month and i delivered the very next day . even in my first delivary, it was one day after my first aniversarry , so u can imagine the kind of sex we had :)
another advice we always hear, is to walk on the sand! since we had alot of sand in the past, ancient kuwaiti women counted on walking on the sand as an effecient way to deliver easiear, and it was really helpful with many!
another strange tip i heard was laying dawn in a tub filled with water and adding some Castor oil, and drinking some ,a woman i heard about used to do this in each pregnany and it was effecient to make her feel labor and deliver the same day.
well, that’s what i liked to share with u i hope u liked it, and hope it wasnt a long letter and boring one.
wish to hear back from u .
Yours,
Bashaier
Bashaier,
Thanks for those strange but wonderful suggestions :) There’s not a lot of sand around where I live but I’ll definitely keep the other tips in mind. We are always happy to hear from readers near and far!