CREATE YOUR OWN BIRTH SLING

Pulling downwards in labour using a rope or cloth is an age-old labour tool. 🔥

Watch this short video to learn exactly how create a birth sling with a long scarf or towel. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6NsXP7PeeN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Or look at the bottom of this post to see photos of a step by step process.

Using a support rope can potentially shorten the second stage of labour by helping facilitate women into an upright position.

Vertical positions are the most natural, the most instinctive; gravity seems to aid and hasten the birth…Lying high up on the bed is far less natural….

Large reviews of the evidence show labouring upright and giving birth upright have advantages for the mother and baby. Apart from the obvious benefit of gravity to help the baby descend, these include:

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👉more efficient contractions

👉shorter labour

👉better oxygenation of the baby in the mother’s uterus, as the vena cava vein and aorta are not

compressed by the pregnant uterus

👉increased pelvic diameter, especially in positions such as squatting

👉less maternal pain

👉fewer forceps, vacuum births, and episiotomies.

So why do most Australian women give birth on their backs?

HOW TO CREATE A BIRTH SLING:

STEP 1

Tie a knot at both ends of your scarf

STEP 2

Place the knots of the scarf over the door

STEP 3

Close the door and hang

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at bella@bodywork4birth.com or call me on 0490129856.

In case no one has told you today, I love you.

Bella. x