Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

How to Tune into Your Innate Power to Give Birth

Tune out the noise.

Donโ€™t listen or watch or read about scary birth experiences. We honor what others have been through and acknowledge that they exist, but if they are creating fear, they are not serving you.

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Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

I Turn My Birthing Over To My Body and My Baby

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ.

Our mind is filled with birth stories. The good, the bad, the scary.

Think about if you were going to do a challenging event that brought physical challenges and sparked some fear or worry or doubt in your mind.

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Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

Prodromal Labor And Precipitous Labor

Do you know about the two P's of labor?โ €
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๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ - Labor that stops and starts before active labor begins.

Labor patterns can be consistent for hours and then goes away. Usually it is not progressing dilation. This can happen for hours, days or even weeks.
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๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†? ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

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Essential Oil Benefits During Massage

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€โ €
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โ€ขAids in relaxationโ €โ €

โ€ขReduces stressโ €โ €

โ€ขRestores lost balance โ €
in mind, body and soul.โ €
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โ€ขIncreases Energyโ €โ €
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Essential oils can compliment the goals of the massage. The scent lasting for several hours which helps you carry that therapeutic feeling with you as you continue the day. โ €
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The options are endless!

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Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

Newborn Massage

As new parents, we all love exploring our new little oneโ€™s sweet newborn body. We kiss and caress and do all those new mom things!

Massage can be added to your daily routine to enhance that connection. There is something special about setting aside a few minutes to give purposeful touch to your baby. You and your child will look forward to it.

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Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

How will you breathe during labor and birth?

Breathe. Use your breath. Your breath will help you. I promise.

Take all that air and energy and use it!

This is what a peloton coach said to me during a workout.

I thought, YES! This is exactly what we teach in HypnoBirthing.

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Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

Massaging Babies and Kids

As new parents, we all love exploring our new little oneโ€™s sweet newborn body. We kiss and caress and do all those new mom things!

Massage can be added to your daily routine to enhance that connection. There is something special about setting aside a few minutes to give purposeful touch to your baby. You and your child will look forward to it.

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Caroline O'Neill Caroline O'Neill

You Do Not Have to Like Birth to Have a Good One

The process of birth doesnโ€™t have to excite you. You may be down right dreading it. You may think, canโ€™t the baby just be dropped on the front porch and we skip all that labor stuff!

Well, if you are blessed to have a baby growing inside your belly, it is coming out one way or another!

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding looks very different for every woman.

Breastfeeding is...

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If You Can't Envision It, How Can You Achieve It?

Have you ever made a vision board?

This is something I totally did when I was growing up. Cut out pictures or words I liked and put them up on my bulletin board.

In HypnoBirthing we teach women to do the same for their birth. Positive affirmations. Words that evoke happy and empowering thoughts about birth. Images that create positive visions about birth.

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