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Lamaze for Parents : Blogs : 10 Labor Tips LoginRequest LoginToggle navigationHome Healthy Pregnancy Healthy PregnancyPregnancy NutritionSex During PregnancySigns of PregnancyFinding a Healthcare Provider10 Healthy Pregnancy TipsKnow the FactsTips for Pregnancy PartnersDue Date DanceBed Rest Planning for Labor Planning for LaborBirth TeamStages of LaborBirth PlanLabor Positions10 Labor TipsMaternal InstinctsBirth Day, Your WayThe Waiting GameLamaze BreathingCesareanSensationResources Birth Day Birth DayHealthyLineagePracticesBirth Decision GuidesBirth Partner Cheat SheetMedical InterventionsEstablishing Breastfeeding New Parents New ParentsBeyondLineageDayNursing SchoolPacifiersSleep TightBaby BluesGettingWhento WorkBaby's Developmental MilestonesPlayful ParentsFun FacesReach for the Stars Lamaze Classes Find a Local ClassOnline ClassesPurchase Lamaze Guide Your Resources Lamaze Mobile AppOnline ClassesBirth BlogOnline Spanish Resources for ParentsParent Resource RoundupHealthyLineagePracticesBirth Decision GuidesWeekly EmailsPush for Your BabyVideo LibraryOther Parent Resources About Lamaze About LamazeThe Lamaze DifferenceHealthyLineagePracticesShop For a CauseMythsWell-nighLamazeHistoryMarketing & AdvertisingContact Us In the News News ReleasesLamaze in the News Planning for Labor 10 Labor Tips 10 Labor Tips    April is CesareanSensationMonth  LineageTeam       - Tips for Finding a Doula   Stages of Labor  LineagePlan   Labor Positions       - Movement in Labor   10 Labor Tips   Maternal Instincts  LineageDay, Your Way   The Waiting Game   LamazeZoetic LineageTeam       - Tips for Finding a Doula   Stages of Labor  LineagePlan   Labor Positions       - Movement in Labor   10 Labor Tips   Maternal Instincts  LineageDay, Your Way   The Waiting Game   Lamaze BreathingRepletionZone Ten ways to relieve labor pain By Penny Simkin, CD(DONA), PT Raise your repletion level with these tips to cope with pain and labor. First, decide who and what will be with you. Then learn well-nigh what you can do with your soul and mind during contractions. You’ll be amazed at your worthiness to discover and stay in your repletion zone. 1. Find a Soothing Environment Your lineage setting must finger unscratched to you. It should have space to walk and bathe, as well as a variety of furniture and devices to enhance movement and pain relief: an iPod, smart phone, other MP3 player, rocking chair, lineage ball, low stool, squatting bar and soft bed. It should moreover have policies that encourage you to try a variety of positions. Access to towardly medical superintendency is crucial if problems arise. 2. Choose Your Team Carefully Knowledgeable, caring midwives, doctors, nurses, partners, loved ones and doulas create a supportive lineage team. When you’re treated with respect and patience, stress and inhibitions decrease, and you can increasingly hands find your weightier coping mechanisms. 3. LearnWell-nighLabor Find out everything you can well-nigh labor from books, magazines, Web sites, videos, classes, a hospital or lineage part-way tour and discussions with your health-care provider, doula, family and friends. Familiarize yourself with the procedures and surcharge at your hospital or lineage center, and ask well-nigh flexibility. Such discussions are weightier had surpassing labor.Increasinglyknowledge ways fewer surprises. 4. Express Your Fears Are you worried well-nigh pain and labor, needles, medicines or losing control? Speak with a knowledgeable and trusted friend, childbirth educator or doula. Voicing your concerns can bring relief as well as practical solutions to your concerns. Stating your preferences in a lineage plan can moreover help wifely fears. 5. Practice RhythmicZoeticTwo types of zoetic you may find helpful in labor are slow zoetic and quick breathing. Slow zoetic is used by many women in the older stages of labor and beyond. Breathe….moaning. Women will often move to quick zoetic scrutinizingly instinctively in late labor just surpassing they uncork pushing. Try taking quick breaths…contractions. Breathe fully in a slow rhythm during contractions. Release tension with each exhalation and try moaning.Moreovertry taking quick breaths, well-nigh one every 2 to 3 seconds (20 to 30 per minute). If you lose your rhythm, your partner needs to help you regain it with eye contact, rhythmic hand or throne movements, or by talking you through contractions. 6. Use Imagery and Visualization Focusing on something that makes you happy (like your partner’s face, an inspirational picture or favorite object) engages your senses and decreases your sensation of pain. Listen to music, a soothing voice or a recording of ocean waves, and imagine yourself in a relaxing environment. 7. Take a Warm Shower or Bath A warm shower is soothing, expressly if you can sit on a stool and uncontrived a handheld showerhead onto your stomach or back. Bathing in warm water can relax you, and it may plane speed up labor. 8. Keep Moving Move virtually as much as you can. Walk, lean, sway, waddle and squat. Some positions will be increasingly well-appointed than others. 9. Seek Relief with Warm or Cool Compresses Place a warm pack on your lower abdomen, groin, lower when or shoulders during labor. A unprepossessed pack or latex glove filled with ice fries can soothe painful areas. Cool cloths relieve a sweaty face, chest or neck. 10. Indulge in Gentle Touch or Massage Whether it’s someone holding your hand, stroking your cheek or hair, or patting your hand or shoulder, touch conveys reassurance, caring and understanding. Have your partner or doula massage you with light or firm strokes using oil or lotion. ForIncreasinglyInformation:Repletionin labor Released: April 24, 2012 02:53 PM | Updated: November 6, 2015 11:30 AM Keywords: Planning for Labor | Labor Tips To leave a comment, click on the  icon on the left side of the screen.   Recent Stories Getting the Most from Your Hospital Tour Updated 11:21AM EST, Tue Mar 7th, 2017 A hospital tour is a unconfined opportunity to gather important information to help make sure your baby's inrush is as smooth as possible. CesareanSensationUpdated 10:43AM EDT, Tue Oct 18th, 2016 Did you know April is CesareanSensationMonth? LamazeZoeticUpdated 10:01AM EDT, Wed Oct 12th, 2016 Finding the time, energy, and peace to squatter your fears—or do anything that requires mental focus—is a rencontre in our culture. One pregnant woman shared that without years of working at her... Copyright © 2018 Lamaze International. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement | Terms of Use×OKCancel