My Ebooks

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬:

1.)Questions to ask a potential provider and doula before hiring them:

✅important questions to ask so you can hire the team that best suits you.

2.)Putting together a birthplan/preferences:

✅reference on where you can build one,why you should, and an example of a birthplan

3.)Previous trauma/abuse:

✅things you can do to reduce the effects of past traumas/abuse.

4.)Routine hospital procedures:

✅common routines that are not evidence based for low-risk pregnancies.

5.)Top reasons for inductions/cesareans:

✅these are reasons that are not evidence based with a reference on where to read the research 

6.)Your right to refuse/accept treatment:

✅coercion vs. directive counseling from your provider and your rights

7.)Using your BRAIN:

✅how to effectively make decisions during birth

8.)Comfort measures/labor tips:

✅tips for you and your partner, this includes on an emotional and physical level 

9.)Pushing and FER (fetal ejection reflex):

✅birther led pushing vs. coached/purple pushing and tips to increase chances of FER

10.)Tearing/Injury:

✅how to reduce the chances and severity of tearing 

11.)Birthing the placenta:

✅Physiological birth vs. managed birth.

AND MORE!

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Things to consider:

1️⃣Even if you are planning to get an epidural, you are not guaranteed that it will work or the birth may progress very quickly.

2️⃣Medicated or not, when birthing you need to know how to navigate the hospital or have ideas of what to do during labor, this is ebook is for birthing at HOME or HOSPITAL.

3️⃣Many of you can not afford to hire a midwife or doula, this ebook will help your partner support you and build your confidence in achieving an unmedicated birth.

 Antenatal expression is a technique that involves expressing colostrum(your first special milk)in the final weeks of pregnancy.
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I created an easy to understand, basic Ebook on how to express colostrum, store it and feed it to your baby if needed at birth.
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𝐖𝐡𝐲? 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬:
1.) Let’s face it, the unexpected can happen and having it readily available increases the chances of your baby having the best start and exclusively breastfeeding.
2.) If you have Gestational Diabetes
3.) If you are planning a cesarean or induction.
4.) If your baby has high levels of jaundice(👈🏻this is unpredictable)
5.) If your baby has a cleft lift or pallet
6) Baby who has medical conditions
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𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫:
✅Anyone who is pregnant or planning to conceive
✅Birth workers
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬:
1️⃣What is colostrum?
2️⃣What is Antenatal Expression and who is it beneficial for?
3️⃣How to express and store colostrum
4️⃣Feeding your baby the stored colostrum
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La Leche League says “Learning to express colostrum during pregnancy is a useful skill for all mothers. There are also benefits to saving expressed colostrum if your baby is likely to need special care after birth.....In the early days, it’s important that your baby receives only your milk. If the unexpected happens and you and your baby are separated, or if your baby has feeding difficulties or health problems” 

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An epidural is a form of a regional anesthesia that provides pain relief from the belly button down, most commonly used during childbirth.
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I created an easy to understand, basic Ebook on tips for an epidural birth.
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𝐖𝐡𝐲? 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬:
1.) It’s an option in a hospital birth
2.) Planning an unmedicated birth is not a guarantee that your plans may not change.
3.) The birther may physically benefit from an epidural, example, a very swollen cervix or maternal exhaustion, has a medical condition that would give the birther a chance at a vaginal birth.
4.) The birther has a history of physical trauma, emotional abuse, PTSD, sexual assault/rape victim, and just simply the birther does not want to feel pain that can trigger feelings.
5.) The birther is preparing for a scheduled cesarean birth.
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𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫:
✅Anyone who is pregnant or planning to conceive
✅Birth partners
✅Birth workers
✅Birth nerds
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬:
1️⃣How an epidural works
2️⃣Risks vs. benefits
3️⃣What to do during labor to progress and aid the birth
4️⃣Positions to push in(you do not need to be on your back!)
5️⃣Recovering from an epidural
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