Labor in a Nutshell
Labor Basics for a New Mother & Her Partner
This course will teach you the basics of labor.
You will learn the stages of labor and how labor progresses from a medical perspective, from a mothers perspective and from a partners perspective.
This is a foundational course from which other courses will build. This course is recommended for first time parents and new birth workers.
Getting Started
Stepping out of your box
Labor Visualization Part 1
Labor Visualization Part 2
Processing Your Visualization
Review The Answers
What is a Contraction?
What are dilation and effacement?
Early Labor
Active Labor
For Partners - How to time contractions
Timing it right - Fear of having a car baby
Transition
Second Stage - Pushing
Knowing when it's time to push
Third Stage - Placenta
Labyrinth Project - Supplies
Now you know what labor will be like, right?
Labyrinth - Preparing you space
The Experience of Labor - The Labyrinth
Draw your labyrinth
Adding your footprint
Add your threshold
Preparing to walk the labyrinth
Now walk your labyrinth
Processing your labyrinth