Miscellaneous – Baby

Center / Motherly
Signs that labor is coming
1. Your baby drops – Lightening
2. You feel more Braxton Hicks contractions
3. Your cervix starts to ripen
4. You pass your mucus plug
5. Your water breaks
Baby drops
• Might happen towards last month
Braxton Hicks
• False labor / Practice labor
• Don’t be fooled about it
Cervix ripen
• Soften , thin
• Touch nose for unripen
• Touch lips to ripe – it is soft
Mucus plug
• Some may lose or some may not
What do contractions feel like?
• Menstrual cramps
• Gassy feels
How to time?
• When it starts, when it ends

• 5-1-1 rule : 5 minutes apart lasting for 1 min and usually happens for
1 hour
Birth Partner - BetterbirthbuK
• Use UMBRELLA
U - upright, forward and open birth positions
M - movement to help baby descend
B - breathing
R - relaxation
E - energy with snacks
L - love to get the oxytocin going
L - loo to empty her bladder
A - advocate for her