BONUS BIRTH MEDITATION 4

The GentleBirth Positive Birth app combines mindfulness, hypnosis, breathing techniques, affirmations, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help expectant moms feel calm, confident and prepared for birth. Unlike traditional childbirth classes, GentleBirth is brain training for birth - teaching moms (and partners) how to manage stress, reduce fear, and build resilience through daily guided practices. Content is included for partners also (male or female).

With personalized meditations for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, the app is inclusive of all birth experiences - whether unmedicated, epidural, cesarean or VBAC. By training the mind and body parents are building the skills of emotion regulation and resilience during one of the most challenging times of adult life.

Tracy's GentleBirth book is available inside the app or parents can purchase a hard copy at

Amazon.com

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Download the App at gentlebirth.com

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BONUS BIRTH MEDITATION 3

The GentleBirth Positive Birth app combines mindfulness, hypnosis, breathing techniques, affirmations, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help expectant moms feel calm, confident and prepared for birth. Unlike traditional childbirth classes, GentleBirth is brain training for birth - teaching moms (and partners) how to manage stress, reduce fear, and build resilience through daily guided practices. Content is included for partners also (male or female).

With personalized meditations for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, the app is inclusive of all birth experiences - whether unmedicated, epidural, cesarean or VBAC. By training the mind and body parents are building the skills of emotion regulation and resilience during one of the most challenging times of adult life.

Tracy's GentleBirth book is available inside the app or parents can purchase a hard copy at

Amazon.com

Amazon.ca

Download the App at gentlebirth.com

Support the show

BONUS BIRTH MEDITATION 2

The GentleBirth Positive Birth app combines mindfulness, hypnosis, breathing techniques, affirmations, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help expectant moms feel calm, confident and prepared for birth. Unlike traditional childbirth classes, GentleBirth is brain training for birth - teaching moms (and partners) how to manage stress, reduce fear, and build resilience through daily guided practices. Content is included for partners also (male or female).

With personalized meditations for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, the app is inclusive of all birth experiences - whether unmedicated, epidural, cesarean or VBAC. By training the mind and body parents are building the skills of emotion regulation and resilience during one of the most challenging times of adult life.

Tracy's GentleBirth book is available inside the app or parents can purchase a hard copy at

Amazon.com

Amazon.ca

Download the App at gentlebirth.com

Support the show

BONUS BIRTH MEDITATION 1

The GentleBirth Positive Birth app combines mindfulness, hypnosis, breathing techniques, affirmations, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help expectant moms feel calm, confident and prepared for birth. Unlike traditional childbirth classes, GentleBirth is brain training for birth - teaching moms (and partners) how to manage stress, reduce fear, and build resilience through daily guided practices. Content is included for partners also (male or female).

With personalized meditations for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, the app is inclusive of all birth experiences - whether unmedicated, epidural, cesarean or VBAC. By training the mind and body parents are building the skills of emotion regulation and resilience during one of the most challenging times of adult life.

Tracy's GentleBirth book is available inside the app or parents can purchase a hard copy at

Amazon.com

Amazon.ca

Download the App at gentlebirth.com

Support the show

In this episode I discuss with trained midwife and founder of the GentleBirth app, Tracy Donegan:

• The goal behind starting GentleBirth and the gap it filled
• Reasons why meditation and mindfulness are helpful in preparing for birth
• How the app may be used throughout pregnancy, birth and throughout motherhood

NOTE: 3 bonus episodes (meditations) will be released with this episode

The GentleBirth Positive Birth app combines mindfulness, hypnosis, breathing techniques, affirmations, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help expectant moms feel calm, confident and prepared for birth. Unlike traditional childbirth classes, GentleBirth is brain training for birth - teaching moms (and partners) how to manage stress, reduce fear, and build resilience through daily guided practices. Content is included for partners also (male or female).

With personalized meditations for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, the app is inclusive of all birth experiences - whether unmedicated, epidural, cesarean or VBAC. By training the mind and body parents are building the skills of emotion regulation and resilience during one of the most challenging times of adult life.

Tracy's GentleBirth book is available inside the app or parents can purchase a hard copy at

Amazon.com

Amazon.ca

Download the App at gentlebirth.com

ADDITIONAL EPISODES ON THIS TOPIC

105 - Understanding pain and using mindfulness for birth preparation with Dr. Sinéad Dufour

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In this episode I discuss with Kelowna based midwife and clinical counsellor, Laura Cavaliero:

• Each person experiences their birth uniquely. What is beautiful to one may feel traumatizing to another.
• Labour and birth factors that may lead to trauma
• Possible signs and symptoms that may indicate one is experiencing the effects of birth trauma
• Benefits of revisiting birth or going through the events with care provider
• If your provider doesn’t offer to review the details of your birth, ways you can ask.

Laura holds an MA degree in Counselling with extensive experience working with women/birthing people in the perinatal population. She supports grief processing after pregnancy/infant loss, birth trauma, and the emotional adjustments of early parenthood. Her lived experience working in the healthcare field gives her a unique perspective about burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue, and she is passionate about supporting healthcare workers in moving into healing and resilience as they bring the best versions of themselves to all spheres of life. Laura also helps folks with a range of life challenges, including depression, anxiety, and childhood trauma, as well as supporting personal growth and spiritual exploration. Laura practices from a trauma-informed foundation and utilizes modalities such as psychodynamic theory, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and Emotionally Focused therapy.

HOW TO FIND LAURA:

kelownatraumatherapy.com

ADDITIONAL EPISODES ON THE TOPIC OF BIRTH TRAUMA:

37. The physical effects of birth trauma with Kate Borsato

69. Trauma, the nervous system and the pelvic floor with Anniken Chadwick

70. Birth trauma: How your story may be related to your physical symptoms with Teela Tomassetti

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In this episode I discuss with fellow physiotherapist, Dr. Sinéad Dufour:

• Reasons we may be seeing more instrumented births and cesareans despite the goal for a physiological birth
• International clinical guidelines favour limited use of routine medical interventions BUT most labour and birth practices don’t align with this
• Impacts that stress, anxiety and fear have on birth outcomes
• New research: Brain training using strategies like mindfulness and providing pain education can help with birth outcomes, birth satisfaction and increase chance of physiological birth

Dr. Sinéad Dufour is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. She teaches and conducts research in both the Schools of Medicine and Rehabilitation Science. She completed her MScPT at McMaster University (2003), her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science at Western (2011), and returned to McMaster to complete a post-doctoral fellowship (2013). Her current research interests include: conservative approaches to manage pelvic floor dysfunction, pregnancy-related pelvic-girdle pain, and interprofessional collaborative practice models of service provision to enhance pelvic health. Additionally, Sinéad has undergone training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine and is currently completing a full certificate program with Dr. Aviva Romm. Sinéad stays current clinically through her work as the Director of Pelvic Health Services at The World of my Baby (the WOMB) a family of perinatal care centers in Ontario, Canada. In addition to managing her own very busy caseload, she mentors novice pelvic health physiotherapists and is a clinical preceptor for family medicine residents and midwifery students from McMaster University. Sinéad in an invited member on several committees for various organizations including the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and the International Continence Society. She is also serving as the Guest Editor for the upcoming special issue: Optimizing the Fourth Trimester, for the Women’s Health Physical Therapy Journal. Her passion for optimizing perinatal care and associated upstream health promotion for women and children stemmed from her own experience becoming a mother of twins. She is an advocate for women’s pelvic health and a regular invited speaker at conferences around the world.

HOW TO CONTACT Sinéad:
Instagram
www.thewomb.ca

PAPERS REFERENCED:
Pain Neuroscience Education to Support Birth: A Feasibility Study

Brain Training to Facilitate Labor and Birth: Impact of a Mobile Health Application
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ADDITIONAL EPISODES ON THE TOPIC OF BIRTH PREPARATION:
40. Preparing the mind for birth with doula, Elise Ruel
45. Pelvic floor education before birth with Kimberley Johnson

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In this episode I discuss with Physiotherapist, Fiona Rogers:

• What is TTNS (Trans tibial nerve stimulation) using a tens machine and how does it work?
• Why don’t we hear more about it?
• Where does it stand amongst other treatments for overactive bladder
• When in practice you may consider applying TTNS
• Suggestions for purchasing a TENS machine
• Settings/parameters ideal for overactive bladder
• How a patient would apply TTNS themselves
• Success rates
• Side effects
• The difference between PTNS (percutaneous trans tibial nerve stimulation) and TTNS

Fiona is a physiotherapist from Australia with 40 years of experience across public, private and defence health settings. She has been spent the last 25 in the field of pelvic health.

Fiona and her husband own the company Pelvic Floor Exercise – an online store selling pelvic health products and resources.

She has always had a passion for teaching, starting as a student clinical supervisor and now teaches and tutors on the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s pelvic health pathways as well as mentoring and running courses privately under her company Pelvic Floor Education with Fiona Rogers.

Fiona is frequently asked to speak on the topics of products and neuromodulation for pelvic floor conditions in Australia, overseas and at conferences and she has a peer reviewed publication on tibial nerve stimulation for OAB.

HOW TO FIND FIONA:

pelvicfloorexercise.com.au or pelvicflooreducationfionarogers.com.au

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