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“Walking” Epidurals

• August 3, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Becoming A Doula, Informed Consent
Tags: active participation, analgesic, anesthesiologists, anesthetic, Baby, Birth Partner, Blood Pressure, Epidurals, kneel, Lending Library, Mothers, motor nerves, Narcotic, numb sensations, pain, pain pathways, push, relievers, Required Reading, Sears, squat, stand, technique, The Birth Book, Walking


Endorphins – The Body’s Natural Narcotic

• July 17, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Becoming A Doula, Breastfeeding, Informed Consent, Natural Alternatives, Parenting, Postpartum
Tags: Active Labor, Activity, Anxiety, Biologic, Birth High, Brain, Catecholamines, Cesarean Births, Chemical, Commercially, Contractions, Delay, Deliveries, Delivery, Emotions, Endogenous, Endorphins, Exercise, Fetal Distress, Groggy, Hormones, Hurt, Injectable Narcotics, Labor Assistant, Labor Helpers, Labored, Lending Library, Levels, Milk, Morphinelike Substances, Mothering, Narcotic, Natural, Natural Remedies, Naturally Drugged, Nerve Cell, Newborns, pain, Pain Relievers, Postpartum, Prelabor, Production, Prolactin, Receptor Sites, Relax, Released, Relieve, Required Reading, Researchers, Sears, Second Stage of Labor, Sensitive, stress, Stressed, The Birth Book, Vaginal


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