How to prepare for a quick and easy labour. Firstly, let me preface this by saying that not one birth is the same. There is huge variation in how we experience pregnancy and birth because we are genetically different, our anatomy differs and how we move and hold our bodies varies. People experience childbirth pain to varying degrees; some feel nothing at all, some describe birth as being painful or intense and then there are births people describe as being orgasmic. What we c

The Buddhist principle "what you think you become" teaches us that whatever we think impacts us to the extent that it changes our...

Also known as braxton hicks, they can be difficult to ascertain whether labour is actually starting, especially if it's your first...

It was my first pregnancy and I felt like I had read and researched all the birth books, I had done a hypnobirthing course and I was...

You may have heard that pregnancy yoga can benefit you during your pregnancy and there's now strong research to support that pregnancy yoga can reduce the duration of labour, anxiety, stress and impacts mode of birth and pain tolerance (Corrigan et al 2022). So what is the secret; what typically happens in a pregnancy yoga class?