Don't Push
10 Lessons from giving 5 births
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Learn as much as you can before you arrive at birth.
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Explore your fears, answer your questions, and practice imagining a positive birth experience.
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Think carefully about who you want beside you during birth—and who will help you afterward.
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Stay active, explore different positions, and learn to work with the process of birth.
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Yifat describes contractions as waves and shares the visualization and breathing technique she used to work through them.
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A personal reflection on the unusual, altered and unexpected experiences that can accompany labor.
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A personal account of the final stage of labor and the moment the baby's head arrives.
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The first moments after birth, including feeding, skin-to-skin contact and settling down with your newborn.
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A personal reflection on the emotional changes that can happen in the days after birth.
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Why Yifat believes new mothers should resist the temptation to immediately return to normal life and give themselves time to rest.