To anyone who is pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or knows someone who is pregnant (sounds like a pharmaceutical commercial!) I have a tip for labor that worked great for me...
I was planning on having a natural birth (thankfully everything worked out that way!) and I was concerned about my breathing technique and how I could stay relaxed during labor. I was thinking about this while my husband, Jacob, and I were packing our labor bags (his labor bag, by the way, contained his ipod, truck magazines, chewing gum, and Little Debbie's...the "essentials") and as I was getting my chap stick off of my dresser I saw a package of Breathe Rights sitting there (no, I don't snore...I use them when I am really stuffed up or have a cold so I can breathe better while sleeping). So anyway, I thought to myself ( as opposed to thinking to someone else) that they might come in handy while I was breathing during labor....and boy, did they! When I got settled in the labor room at the hospital I had Jacob get me one and when I put it on I knew it was a great idea...I wouldn't go through labor again without one!!!!
I think that at every baby shower I go to from now on I'll give the mother-to-be a package of Breathe Rights along with the gift (oh ya, and some chocolate...you can never have enough chocolate!)
Pass this tip on to all the expecting mothers in your life!!
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