Birth Story: When Birth Partner Support Really Matters with Laura & Mark Rowdon

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Having your birth partner as your support person is SO important but even more so when you're in another country! Mark and Laura share their birth story while in Japan and how they worked together to overcome language barriers, what kind of support was needed, and ways to look at birth differently! Links Mentioned: My Essential Birth CourseMy Essential Birth Instagram3 Free ExercisesGET IN TOUCH! 🤩 Reach out at any time to [email protected]. We love hearing from you! Looking for ...

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0:00.0	being ahead of the contractions, which like it means nothing to you right now, but like it will
0:05.3	when you're into it. Like as a partner, trying to be ahead of it, knowing that it's coming and
0:11.5	making sure your partner feels relaxed and is ready for the contraction. That's coming so that she's not
0:16.2	anxious when it's there. It's that she's relaxing in a good place. So she's essentially breathing through it.
0:21.3	Like, if I were like talking about it from exercising and be more like doing yoga as opposed to
0:26.0	lifting, you're trying to relax your body to like stretch it out and let your body do work
0:30.4	versus like when you're about to do big lifting, which is what the pushing side of it is.
0:37.1	Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most
0:40.0	exciting things you can ever hope to experience in this life. The moment you think you
0:44.7	could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the best information, which is why
0:49.0	you're here today. I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of experience as a professional
0:54.0	childbirth educator,
0:55.5	doula and lover of all things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, I'm here to make preparing for your
1:01.1	birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy. Each week, I'll cover different topics,
1:07.1	interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty birth stories from mamas just like you.
1:12.2	And when you're ready for more,
1:14.1	you can join me in the My Essential Birth course
1:16.3	at MyEessentialbirth.com,
1:18.2	where I take you step by step
1:20.0	through exactly how to prepare your mind,
1:22.4	body, spirit, and partner
1:24.2	for a birth you love.
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