Also known as labor balls or birth balls, birthing balls are similar to the balls used in physical therapy clinics. Instead of lying immobile on your back during labor, you can use a birthing ball. It ...

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As those colder autumn afternoons start creeping in, a birthing ball is the perfect way to keep your body moving in the comfort of your own home while pregnant. But when exactly is it best to use one, ...

Birthing and peanut exercise balls are two non-pharmacologic interventions that are frequently used during labor. Although midwives and nurses have been using birthing and peanut balls during labor ...

A pregnant mom's attempt to induce labor has gone viral for sourcing an unlikely candidate. At 39 weeks pregnant, Lizzy Harmon Beshea was doing "any and everything" to go into labor naturally. The ...

Brittany Sharpe McCollum, childbirth educator and founder of Blossoming Bellies Wholistic Birth Services, shares her tips for an empowering labor and delivery. I want to make a birth plan. What should ...

The short answer is, not exactly. The start of labor is defined as the onset of regular contractions that lead to cervical change, according to Estela DiFranco Field, a midwife and associate medical ...

(NEW YORK) — Catch any pregnant woman in the days right before or after her due date and she may be doing anything form eating spicy peppers to pacing around the house — all hoping that one of the old ...