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It's the last day of May... seriously, it's the last day and I am so not prepared for the end of May Fitness Goal Check.

As I stated in my previous two blogs the three factors that made my natural labor completely do-able were the yoga breath, visualization, and my husband and doulas support.  For my second labor I had two doulas.  I met them on the day I gave birth.  They were both very supportive, kind, and had different techniques that worked well together.  For example, at one point I was sitting on a birthing ball.  One doula pressed firmly on my low back, while the other would coach me with encouragement.  She’d say, “great job, keep the focus on your breath”.  My husband was great too.  He was seated, facing me and leaned foward.  I had my arms on his shoulders and he looked into my eyes and continued with words of encouragement.  The support gave me the strength and belief that I could deliver my baby natural.  It was very powerful!

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When people suffer from a traumatic brain injury or a stroke, often times their eyesight is one of the fist and most severely affected areas. For the most part, doctors believed this damage to be permanent and untreatable, until the introduction of a new form of therapy, called Nova Vision.

Do you remember those machines from the 70s - the ones with the strap that you looped around your hips, buttocks and lateral abs? The strap would vibrate and people were convinced it was the way to go to help burn weight? What about the belt that was popular on television infomercials in the 80s?

As I stated in the previous blog message, there were three things that made my natural birth (i.e, no pain meds) completely do-able.  The first was yoga breath, the second visualization, and the third doulas and my husband, which I will discuss tomorrow.  Visualization is a big factor in making your labor easier.  You will feel an intense pressure, and pain as your baby moves down to the birth canal.  What I did and coach my clients to do is picture your baby going down the birth canal and easily passing into this world.  The visualization can help to calm and relax you so your not resisting the process and your baby comes  easier.