17th November 2008 13:47
I found the yoga helpful for learning some nice positions to get comfy for labour, and for helping move things along (i.e. letting gravity help you out rather than lying down where possible).
So the yoga was worth it. I've also bought some natal hypnotherapy CD's and they're good. I haven't done it in about 2 weeks so I must get back on track, but I hope it'll help me on the day.
I bought the Gina Ford book - the contented little baby book, and although some of her ideas are a bit more radical, I found it has helped me feel more prepared for bringing baby home and what to do. I'm not saying I'm going to follow this book to the letter, but I certainly felt alot more confident with bringing the baby home after reading this.
Oh yes, and they've not taught us any breathing techniques in our ante natal class - well they mentioned one where you breath in as though you're smelling a rose, then blow out as thoug you're blowing out a candle.... but at yoga we learnt that one and many others, so might be worth doing some investigation if you want to learn some more about breathing for labour.
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