September 17, 2008 – 4:34 pm
Ahhhhhh. What a lovely section of the Pink Kit’s Essential Preparations the Massage and Body Care chapter was. I can deal with any childbirth course that tells my man to give me a massage. Of course having the instructions in our course materials doesn’t mean my fellow will actually give me a massage but… I [...]
September 15, 2008 – 4:05 pm
I’ve promised in the last couple of Pink Kit work posts that I’d talk about the Internal Work. I wanted to get at least a week of it done and with being busy last week we’ve been doing the work about two weeks now. The internal work is sort of like perineal massage, which you [...]
September 5, 2008 – 4:03 pm
Moving along in our Pink Kit work we did our next video section, which talks about how tension and relaxation can influence and affect the course of your baby’s birthing. This section felt pretty familiar. After reading through New Focus and having gotten through most of the video I’ve learned a whole lot about relaxation [...]
September 4, 2008 – 9:14 pm
I’m a little bit behind on writing about our Pink Kit work. We’ve done two more sections of the video and we’ve also started the “internal work” – which is done daily until baby comes. I’ll write about that in another post. In this post I’ll write a bit about one of the video sections [...]
August 29, 2008 – 4:07 pm
As I flipped through the current issue of Mothering Magazine I noticed an article on birth fears. I found that ironic because as my own baby’s birth gets closer and closer I’ve been taking the time to examine my own birth fears, and I was planning to share that with you. It is not an [...]
August 27, 2008 – 10:35 am
We’ve done the next section of our Pink Kit video. It actually took us two nights to get through because we started a bit late (both nights!) and were tired. It was another very interesting lesson, however. We went through several techniques for creating more room in the pelvis by manipulating the bones of the [...]
August 25, 2008 – 3:41 pm
I did make the entries for the two Pink Kit sessions we’ve done so far that I didn’t get the chance to write about. Things have gotten better since my rough week and I got the PK work written out for you! I backdated the entries so they show up at the time we did [...]
August 21, 2008 – 3:56 pm
Baby is starting to seem more and more real. Starting from our appointment last night we’ll be seeing the midwife every two weeks now. That’s crazy! How did I get so far along?! Where have the past few months gone? Hah! More on the appointment later. Anyways, I’ve been scarce lately. Scott and I have [...]
August 19, 2008 – 3:31 pm
We’re continuing on through the Pink Kit video and Essential Preparations book. I’ve enjoyed learning about myself and getting ready for the birth through this. Our latest section was on positions for labor and birth. This is a really vital topic. Many natural childbirth education courses cover it. The Pink Kit difference is that before [...]
August 14, 2008 – 3:19 pm
It’s a little intimidating to think about a baby coming through your pelvis. Yet it happens, and it happens pretty efficiently. Understanding just how that occurs is part of any childbirth education class – the Pink Kit just takes it a little further. In our PK session on the structure of the bony pelvis I [...]
