What are the pros and cons of labor induction before 42 weeks gestation? What are the common cervical ripening methods? Do you know your Bishop Score? Should you consent to amniotomy? What are the most effective nonmedical methods of labor induction?
What are the benefits and risk of nitrous oxide, narcotics, and epidurals? How are babies affected by pain medications? What is the “cascade of interventions”? Learn how to improve your satisfaction with the pain management method you choose.
Using contraction beads you will learn to combine multiple sensory and cognitive modalities to manage and time 60 second contractions during labor. Breathing and mindfully meditating using this tactile focal point can induce a self-hypnotic state during early and active labor.