Welcome to pregnancy! Whether this is your first or your fifth, this is going to be a new and different experience than anything you’ve done before. Below are a variety of resources that can provide support with everything from pregnancy-related back pain to knowing what to expect in the process of birthing.
Pregnancy & birth information
Explore the changes occurring in your body over the course of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as well as some of the frameworks others have found useful in order to feel safe, centered, and empowered as you navigate this process
https://www.spinningbabies.com/pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-week-by-week/
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/category/podcast/
https://radiopublic.com/hypnowhat-modern-hypnobirthing-wi-GEge74/episodes
https://www.youtube.com/@BridgetTeyler/featured
Strengthening & stretching
Caring for your body through pregnancy and birth
Pregnancy yoga:
Foundations
Advanced
Birth stories
See the variety of what you can expect in birth and the options for how to approach it
Written
https://ecstatic-birth.com/whats-an-ecstatic-birth-anyway/ (for the story itself scroll to the indented section in the middle, though the whole page is worth reading)
Audio
https://thebirthhour.com/birth-stories/
Video
Support & community
Lake County families supporting families – https://mother-wise.org/
Peer support for baby blues and postpartum depression and anxiety – https://www.postpartum.net/
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