How-To Guides about Child Birth

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Giving birth is not a walk through the park and there are always concerns from the mother-to-be. Doctors speak about the procedure in applying an epidural talk about different kinds of pain medications available. As much as the mom is concerned, they touch base on what the father's role is during the procedures are as well.

This video shows you how to deliver a baby.

In this video, we learn how to ease labor pains during birth. One way is to move your body and try different birthing positions. This will open up different parts of the pelvis and help more than lying down. Once you receive an epidural you won't be able to get up, so make sure you do these exercises during early labor. As long as your health care provider allows it, do these before you receive drugs. Any of these will help during contractions and help with pain during labor. Every woman is...

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Your pregnancy is finally over! Now, your newborn baby is ready to breast feed... and you've got the breast milk? but somehow its not that simple. Watch this video to get the breastfeeding basics!Health Guru is a site that produces videos which provide medical advice in a number of areas: Pregnancy, Sex Health, and College Health. With the aid of Health Guru, you can understand your aches and pains, stay physically fit, keep a healthy diet, practice safe sex and prevent STD's, or carry out a...

70% of pregnant women have a vaginal delivery, where the baby is delivered through the mother's vagina. This method of childbirth is as time-tested as pregnancy itself. Learn more about the stages of labor and how vaginal delivery works, in this video!

Breathing through delivery pain sounds good, but will that Lamaze class really help you manage the pain during labor? What's an epidural really like? How else do pregnant women manage the discomfort of labor, delivery, and birth?

Your baby is ready to be born - but there can still be problems with delivery. A breech birth, macrosomia, or cord prolapse can all require an emergency c-section. Be prepared for potential delivery problems in advance, by watching this video.

When you need a sling, and you need it now, this how-to video shows a way to make an emergency sling out of a sheet. Take a sheet and fold it in half lengthwise and wrap it around the shoulders. Tie a slip knot in the sheet. Then grab your baby. Watch this video infant care tutorial and learn how to make a quick and easy sling out of a sheet.

Need a way to carry around your baby while keeping your arms free? No need to buy a special carrier, all you need is a sturdy cloth and the step-by-step instructions in this how-to video. Find the middle of your wrap. Center on the small of the back. Cross each length over opposite shoulder. Adjust for comfort. Take opposite ends in each hand and cross in the back. Tie a square knot in the front. Get your baby. Place each leg on either side of the cross. Spread the fabric out starting...

You have been waiting for your baby for nine months. Your due date has come and gone. Once a pregnancy has reached it's 42nd week the baby is officially overdue. This how-to video goes over some of the methods used to induce labor.

Many women worry that they won't be able to tell the difference between their Braxton Hicks contractions and the real signs of labor. Find out the differences between Braxton Hicks and real labor contractions with child brith tips from this how-to video.

Giving birth is a joyful but difficult time for many pregnant women. Learn about the stages of labor with tips from a certified doula in this free pregnancy video.

Contractions, water breaking, and the hormonal loop are all signs of a woman going into labor. Learn how to know if you're going into labor in this free video on pregnancy and childbirth.

Forget all the drugs used to induce you into labor. Our nine and a half month pregnant host demonstrates how to do induce labor naturally and safely by massaging pressure points. She also offers great yoga poses to do on a Swiss ball to reduce lower back aches. You don't have to stop your daily yoga routine during pregnancy.

This video gives instructions on how to suction mucus out of a newborn baby's nose using a bulb syringe.

This video shows how to perform a pelvic exam of a pregnant woman in labor.

Maternity Acupressure is one of the natural ways to induce labor and delivery when your pregnancy is overdue and you want to avoid medical labor induction. Watch this how to video and learn how.

Watch this video to learn how to do kegel exercises for to prepare pregnant women for childbirth.

Learn various relaxation techniques to help speed up labor and to help relieve the pain.

This video discusses how to deal with early labor. The most important thing is to eat and drink when you first realize you are in labor.

You've probably heard that breathing exercises can ease labor pain, but did you know that there are many other pain-relief techniques at your disposal. In this video learn: why you need support and how to put together a team, the reason you feel pain during labor and how your body copes naturally, how deep breathing works and how, why moaning, sighing, chanting, and other vocalizations can ease pain, visualization and relaxation techniques from women who've used them successfully.

Since you'll be recovering form childbirth yourself, you probably won't see these tests and procedures being performed on your own baby. Now's your chance to find out what the doctors will do so you can ask questions before the big day.