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HLP! BREATHING IN LABOUR!
Added: 112 days ago.
Added by: thatch
Section: General.
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ANYONE DO BREATHING CLASSES FOR LABOUR! IM 34 WEEKS PREG AND DONT KNOW WHICH WAY TO BREATHE FOR EACH CONTRACTION! ETC PANT ETC PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WAY IT GOES THNX A MILL!

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Debra - 111 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I did the 'birthing from within' class. It was fantastic. It taught us visualization techniques and how to stay calm during contractions. MOre importantly though, i got most of my best info and help from a book. It's called "INA MAY's GuIDE to Childbirth" You must and should read this. The most helpful tips I learned was to visualize dilation with each contraction. That the pain was helping bring my baby into the world. Somehow thinking this made a big difference. I also learned that you need to feel and stay open. This means being relaxed. If you scream, your cervix will ultimately tighten. Whereas if you make low pitched 'mooing' sounds during labor, your cervix opens. Open your mouth and keep your jaw relaxed and make an 'awwwww' sound. You should notice that your jaw is relaxed. The rest of your body will be relaxed as well. If you make a tight lip and scream, your face will feel tight. THe other type of breathing that really helped was to blow raspberries with my mouth on the exhale or blow out so that my lips vibrated like a horse 'neighs'. This really made me feel loose and open. THere is a better description in her book though. It's $20 and you can order it off amazon. I have more on my VIP site as well.

summerisis - 111 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I took the classes and there was an option for breathing called "feather breathing" and you essentially pretend that a feather is wafting down in front of you and you try to keep it afloat with your breath -- like you may have done with bubbles as a kid. There are different types of breathing for different stages of labor. What we found most helpful was to have my husband stroke my arm in two counts -- up for two, down for two. I breathed according to his "cue." (But I was only able to do it in the practice classes because I ended up with a c-section.) You might try to google something on the subject. I didn't like the hee hee ho thing because i thought i looked like an ass. You should be able to find a style that works for you -- whether you use it during labor or not. The key will be have your partner know what to do because you'll forget to breath. Good luck.

kater - 112 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) you may mean the HEE-HEE-HOO-HOO breathing you see on tv, and thats one way of breathing through contractions, but its not the only way. even if you never go to classes, the midwives during the labor will coach you, so try to to panic about it.you can google things like 'breathing labor' or similar, theres heaps of info on it

eastern-Canadian-Lady - 112 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I never did any kind of class, but what I did during my last labour was this: It's really easy to breathe in, it's almost an instinct. if you get scared or hurt just in a regular situation, people tend to breathe in before they scream. So don't focus on breathing in, focus instead on breathing out. ........ I made sure that for every time I took a breath in, I did 4 seconds of breathing out.(say one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand, four one thousand) Mind you, I didn't feel like much of my breath was leaving quickly bc I just kept wanting to breathe in. Before I tried that, I felt like I was hyperventilating. I started to feel dizzy a bit, so that was when I tried and perfected my breathing. I made sure I saved my strength for pushing so I didn't scrunch up my face, or stiffen my neck or to squeeze things with my hands. If you do those other things, you will feel worn out really quickly. I wanted to save my strength for being awake and alert with the baby afterwards. I kept my head on my pillow almost the whole time, and focused only on my stomach/uterine muscles. After a bit of contractions, before the epidural and when the pain was a little more than I was comfortable with, I almost went into a trance or something. I don't know what it was, almost like day dreaming. As I was breathing through, I felt like I was in a movie. I was a mother, living in a house on a mountain that was covered with a hay field. It was supper time and I just kept calling out (to myself, not out loud of course) "Princess", (while breathing in) then four seconds out, then "Princess". Strange I figure, but it was probably something my body made me do to dissociate from what was happening. My body just did what it needed to do. hope this helps.

laura14 - 112 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i never really went to classes etc. but during labour deep relaxed(although that was hard lol) breathing helped alot to ease the intensity of contractions. when a contraction started my midwife breathed with me to help:) breathe in deep and slow and exhale slow. she also tried to get me not to tense my shoulders and jaw so much too lol when baby is close to being born they may ask you to pant short breathes etc this is to help ease baby down and to reduce tearing:)hope this helps...good luck with the delivery:)

2xmom - 112 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Around here, our classes taught us to use deep breathing....just take huge breaths,take them in slowly and let them out slowly. They said counting down from 10 as you exhale is helpful, because it helps calm you thru the contractions. This method helped me thru 2 deliveries! Good luck!