Take responsibiity for your own pregnancy and birth experience

15 June 2009

Great Pink Kit story. I keep forgetting to install them on the blog. Too many 'social network' things to do along with everything that has to be done. But this story talks about how to use your Pink Kit skills prior to birth ... or afterward if necessary.

'Greetings from W, where the sun is finally shining and spring/summer seems to be upon us. I have been thinking a lot about you recently as my husband and I prepare to welcome another babe into our family in the next week or so. As we have been reviewing the Pink Kit I think back to our email conversations while I was in Z and then afterward when we were at my parents place. And I guess I am just grateful for the advice and suggestions you gave me (us) and the way in which the Pink Kit has added so much to our understanding and preparation for childbirth. So, thank you.

I am feeling pretty good about the upcoming labour and delivery and made an interesting discovery last week while practicing the Hip Lift with my husband. This babe sits quite low in my pelvis and has introduced me to a number of nerves I didn’t know much about. It has also been leaning quite heavily on my inner left hip (near the sit bone). These past weeks I have often found walking to be a challenge (which I do a far amount of to get the older one to and from school). I have been taking daily baths and right lying to try and get some relief. And then last week after practicing a left Hip Lift in the evening I found the next day (and since) to be so much better. The babe is still very low but has hopped off my left inner hip and feels more centrally placed. I felt so pleased to find the Pink Kit resources working for me even before labour has begun'.

Remember if we want childbirth to change then we have to change the expectation we place on ourselves as mothers and fathers-to-be. This family has taken the time and made the effort to learn the PK skills and then apply them. Birth change will only occur when the majority of pregnant families become skilled at giving birth whether they have a natural/medical birth, at home/hospital or with a midwife or obstetrician.

This family didn't wait for someone else to give them a better birth ... they are birthing better even during pregnancy.