WAVES | Birth by Design

 

 

SECTION Five – The New Normal • CHAPTER 15

 

CONTENTS

Section One – Laying The Foundation

01 • Introduction

02 • Understanding Labor

03 • Fear–Tension–Pain

Section Two – Understanding Labor

04 • Deep Dive: Labor Stages

05 • Advocacy, Communication, + Decisions

06 • Navigating the Unexpected

Section Three – What Birth Looks Like

07 • Vaginal Delivery

08 • Assisted Delivery

09 • Cesarean Delivery

Section Four – The Fourth Trimester

10 • Healing

11 • From Womb to World

12 • Mental Health & "The Village"

Section Five – The New Normal

13 • It's Instinctual...Right?

14 • The Parental Unit

15 • Archival

Archival

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This educational course is written using established educational principles, reliable information sources, personal experiences and observations during births, common knowledge, and extensive self research. Birth is deeply nuanced and complex. Your individual birth experience may not be similar to the information, examples, or stories shared throughout this course, as every person's journey is unique. Everyone experiences labor differently, and what one person encounters may be entirely different from another's experience.