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More birth in popular culture: An example from Spain

Wow. This?! This amazing, heartwarming, tender birth video from Spain? Is a MATTRESS commercial. On TV!

You can see another English translation below the video.

The text of the video:

Mom:”We spoke and we decided that the best option would be for our daughter to be born in our bed, in our home.”
Dad: “It’s the place where our [...]

Sound and Movement in Labor

In Birthing From Within® classes I work with expectant parents to establish a pain-coping mindset. Uninhibited sounds and movement can be two integral parts of pain management in normal labor. Yet when we explore vocalization and begin thinking and talking about women making noise in labor, the images that often come to mind from popular [...]