Comments for Leslynotes.com http://www.leslynotes.com Childbirth Education Since 1998 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Weekly Support Calls Calls by Birth Coach Calls http://www.leslynotes.com/weekly-support-calls/#comment-4139 Birth Coach Calls Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:09:13 +0000 http://www.leslynotes.com/?page_id=1026#comment-4139 [...] Enjoy and talk to you next week! Go here to submit your questions! [...] [...] Enjoy and talk to you next week! Go here to submit your questions! [...]

]]> Comment on Breathing Through Labor and Life by Lesly Federici http://www.leslynotes.com/2012/02/08/breathing-through-labor-and-life/#comment-4138 Lesly Federici Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:29:57 +0000 http://www.leslynotes.com/?p=1021#comment-4138 Hello Suryannarayana, Thank you so much for your comment. Breathing to reduce stress is, as you say - available 24/7 and easy to do. I appreciate you adding your tips that readers can learn from! My best, Lesly Hello Suryannarayana,
Thank you so much for your comment. Breathing to reduce stress is, as you say – available 24/7 and easy to do. I appreciate you adding your tips that readers can learn from! My best, Lesly

]]> Comment on Breathing Through Labor and Life by Suryanarayana Chennapragada http://www.leslynotes.com/2012/02/08/breathing-through-labor-and-life/#comment-4120 Suryanarayana Chennapragada Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:33 +0000 http://www.leslynotes.com/?p=1021#comment-4120 I have been practicing 'focusing on breathing', for the last 9 years, to reduce stress and derive several mind- body benefits. I have seen that it is a simple, doable and no-cost technique which works 24/7. In my experience, simply focusing on breathing automatically makes it slow and deep. The simplest mode of this technique is the ‘Tip mode’ described below - **** TIP MODE: Touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. Breathe in and out three times, counting in the mind, every time you breathe out. During the first out breath count ‘one’, second out breath ‘two’ and during the third out breath ‘three’. Repeat the same steps at each of the next three finger tips. When you are at the thumb, place the tip of the index finger at the base of the thumb and breathe three times. Then switch to the other hand and repeat the same process. Continue practicing, switching the hands. You will feel its calming effect, by the time you complete 4 to 6 hands, which takes 2 to 3 minutes. You can use this mode, anywhere and anytime, even for a few seconds, to avert potential stress or dissolve built up stress!**** For five other modes of ‘focusing on breathing’ - Segment mode, Counting mode, Feeling mode, Staring mode and 911 modes, please visit this page http://countingbreaths.com/fob/relax/how-can-i-do-it/ The 911 mode of breathing in through the mouth and blowing out slightly open lips specially useful for diverting the mind away from the pain or toning it down. I have been practicing ‘focusing on breathing’, for the last 9 years, to reduce stress and derive several mind- body benefits. I have seen that it is a simple, doable and no-cost technique which works 24/7. In my experience, simply focusing on breathing automatically makes it slow and deep. The simplest mode of this technique is the ‘Tip mode’ described below -

**** TIP MODE: Touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. Breathe in and out three times, counting in the mind, every time you breathe out. During the first out breath count ‘one’, second out breath ‘two’ and during the third out breath ‘three’. Repeat the same steps at each of the next three finger tips. When you are at the thumb, place the tip of the index finger at the base of the thumb and breathe three times. Then switch to the other hand and repeat the same process. Continue practicing, switching the hands. You will feel its calming effect, by the time you complete 4 to 6 hands, which takes 2 to 3 minutes. You can use this mode, anywhere and anytime, even for a few seconds, to avert potential stress or dissolve built up stress!****

For five other modes of ‘focusing on breathing’ – Segment mode, Counting mode, Feeling mode, Staring mode and 911 modes, please visit this page http://countingbreaths.com/fob/relax/how-can-i-do-it/

The 911 mode of breathing in through the mouth and blowing out slightly open lips specially useful for diverting the mind away from the pain or toning it down.

]]> Comment on How Posture Changes Baby’s Position For Birth by Lesly http://www.leslynotes.com/2011/12/28/how-posture-changes-babys-position-for-birth/#comment-4019 Lesly Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:27:23 +0000 http://www.leslynotes.com/?p=953#comment-4019 Hey Dr. C , Great question! Doctors have been using the "on the back" position for many years, since the late 1800's in the USA. It is s-l-o-w-l-y changing. In the hospital where I teach we actually encourage moms to get up and move, even with an epidural. I think as more evidence proves that lying on the back is unproductive for labor, it will change. And as more women demand it, it will change. But women have to be educated BEFORE seeing a doctor. Thanks for the visit and post! :-) Hey Dr. C ,
Great question! Doctors have been using the “on the back” position for many years, since the late 1800′s in the USA. It is s-l-o-w-l-y changing. In the hospital where I teach we actually encourage moms to get up and move, even with an epidural. I think as more evidence proves that lying on the back is unproductive for labor, it will change. And as more women demand it, it will change. But women have to be educated BEFORE seeing a doctor. Thanks for the visit and post! :-)

]]> Comment on How Posture Changes Baby’s Position For Birth by Dr Carlos Gonzalez http://www.leslynotes.com/2011/12/28/how-posture-changes-babys-position-for-birth/#comment-4015 Dr Carlos Gonzalez Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:04:50 +0000 http://www.leslynotes.com/?p=953#comment-4015 Great article Lesly! I also believe this can help mean the diffeence between having a natural chilbirth or getting a C-section. I have heard too many stories of young women who had planned a natural childbirth but once in the hospital they were made to lay down on their backs which goes against what you're talking about here. Why do they have these women lay on their backs while starting labor as this would seem to restrict the blood flow to the baby from compression to the abdominal artery? Great article Lesly! I also believe this can help mean the diffeence between having a natural chilbirth or getting a C-section. I have heard too many stories of young women who had planned a natural childbirth but once in the hospital they were made to lay down on their backs which goes against what you’re talking about here. Why do they have these women lay on their backs while starting labor as this would seem to restrict the blood flow to the baby from compression to the abdominal artery?
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]]> Comment on 9. Relaxation by Master Your Birth http://www.leslynotes.com/free-online-childbirth-class/9-relaxation/#comment-3936 Master Your Birth Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:34:43 +0000 http://www.leslynotes.net/temporary/?page_id=23#comment-3936 [...] relax daily and through out the day [...] [...] relax daily and through out the day [...]

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