Labor & Birth Articles

• Preparing for Childbirth
• Childbirth Classes
• Labor & Delivery
• Labor Support: Birth Coaches & Doulas
• Cord Blood Banking: Saving Stem Cells

Preparing for Childbirth

• What to Pack for a Hospital Birth (PHIL)
• Oxytocin - The "Love Hormone" (CC)
• Commemorating Birth (CC)
• Homebirth and Midwifery: A Gentle Birth Option (SL)
• Choosing a Birth Caregiver (CLE)
• A Guide to Birth Planning (CLE)
• Breathing for Comfort (PGH)
• The Webster Technique: Chiropractic Care for Pregnant Mothers with Breech Babies (CLE)
• Exercising Control Over Your Birth Experience: Creating a Birth Plan (SL)
• What to Expect at the Hospital (NJ)
• Childbirth Classes: Birth Education Designed for Today's Parents (CHIC)
• The Webster Technique (CHIC)
• Having the Birth That's Right for You: Not Your Mother, Your Sister or Your Friend
• Birth Plans (SL)
• Creating Your Birth Wish List (PGH)
• A Peaceful Birth? (CT)
• Home Sweet Home - Planning for Homebirth (PGH)
• Birth Plans (SL)
• Preparing for Natural Childbirth (PGH)
• Mother-Friendly Birth Care
• The Confidence Factor (PGH)
• Preparing for Childbirth (NJ)
• Natural Childbirth (CHIC)

Childbirth Classes

• Preparing For Birth: Childbirth Education Classes (PGH)
• Breastfeeding Education (CT)
• Childbirth Classes: Birth Education Designed for Today's Parents (CHIC)
• Childbirth Education: What Classes Should I Take Before My Baby is Born? (CT)
• Childbirth Education Classes (PHIL)
• Childbirth Preparation Classes (PHIL)
• Childbirth Education (NJ)
• Childbirth Education Classes (PGH)
• Childbirth Classes: Training a Labor Athlete (CHIC)
• Guided Birth Imagery (PHIL)
• HypnoBirthing - The Mongan Method (CT)
• Hypnosis and Childbirth (CHIC)
• A Calm, Gentle Birth? What You Should Know about Hypnobirthing (PGH)
• HypnoBirthing - The Mongan Method: Taking the Birth World by Calm (CT)

Labor & Delivery

• Oxytocin - The "Love Hormone" (CC)
• Labor: A Painful Pleasure (AT)
• Breech Presentation (CT)
• Stages of Labor (CLE)
• Stages of Labor: What to Expect During Labor (PGH)
• Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery (CLE)
• Stages of Labor - What to Expect (PHIL)
• Stages of Labor (HOU)
• Stages of Labor - What to Expect (NJ)
• The Process of Labor and Delivery (SL)
• Stages of Labor (CHIC)
• Labor and Delivery (PGH)
• Labor & Delivery: What to Expect
• Hydrotherapy During Labor & Birth (CT)
• The Confidence Factor (PGH)
• Home Sweet Home - Planning for Homebirth (PGH)
• C-sections / Midlife Motherhood: What's Age Got to Do with it?
• Cesarean Delivery (PHIL)
• Cesarean Births (CHIC)
• Cesarean Sections (SL)
• Cesarean Sections (C-sections) (NJ)
• Inducing Labor (PGH)
• Anesthesia and Childbirth (SL)
• Alternative Methods of Pain Relief for Birth (HOU)

Labor Support

• The Importance of Birth and Postpartum Support (CLE)
• Birth Doulas
• Doulas: A Birthing Companion (AT)
• Is a Doula for You? (PGH)
• Doula Provides Birth and Postpartum Support (NJ)
• Choosing a Doula (CHIC)
• Dads and Doulas
• The Coach's Role in Labor & Delivery (CHIC)
• The Value of a Birth Doula (CT)
• Return of The Doula: Labor Doulas (CHIC)
• What is a Monitrice?
• Labor and Postpartum Support Doulas (NJ)
• The Value of Labor Support (PGH)
• Why a Doula? (PGH)
• "The Doula" - Continuous Labor Support (HOU)
• Making Room for Doulas (NJ)
• What is a Doula?
• Postpartum Doulas (PHIL)

Cord Blood Banking

• Cord Blood Banking: Answers to Common Questions
• Cord Blood Banking - The Top 3 Questions
• Preserving Your Newborn's Umbilical Cord Blood (CHIC)
• Saving Your Baby's Stem Cells
• Cord Blood Banking (NJ)
• Donating/Banking Cord Blood: Small Package, Great Possibilities (PGH)

Local Labor & Birth Services

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