Pregnancy & birth

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

https://ecstatic-birth.com/


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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