9 ways to prep your body for labor | 4th time mom tried & true methods

is it okay that I'm eating dates from the beginning of my pregnancy? Even before I got pregnant it's usually included in my snacks.

I'm on baby number 7 and never did any of this I'm just watching just because 😂😂😂😂😂

Hey Love 🩷✨ Have you considered taking Cod-liver Oil aswell? It would nourish you and your baby during pregnancy

i'm just curious is that the komuso necklace ?:)

i loved some of the phrases you say in here as never giving birth. lol 😆 but i feel like that is what i would feel like and it made me laugh. 😝 i hope to be prego soon so we'll see but this is interesting for sure! thanks for sharing! so far i like some of your natural ideas!

For those interested, Dr. Christopher's Formula Birth Prep has all the same herbs as the gentle birth tincture. I found it because the gentle birth tincture does not ship to Europe (well it technically does but the shipping costs just as much as the tincture!)

Thanks for sharing some positivity about tear recovery! I have had a lot of women come up to me since announcing my pregnancy and just say horrible things about tearing.
It's nice to hear you had secondary tears and it wasn't the worst thing ever in your life 😂

I eat 7 dates a day but I hate the flavor and hate the sugar. So I blend them with unflavored protein, cinnamon, and milk and it's way more palatable, plus the protein flattens the blood sugar spike some

You should mention to not drink raspberry leaf tea before week 35.

Thank you for sharing this info!when you have a moment, could you share what lip product you are using in this video?

Please someone lmk where to buy the red raspberry leaves!!!!

Okay seriously, great video. There’s so much content out there reiterating the same unhelpful information, but your advice and suggestions are right on and so realistic. I’m doing a natural birth with midwives and doula with hypnobirthing and Bradley method training, and I too am looking forward to the birth. Appreciate your suggestions. Thank you!!!

This was great. Thank you!

I didn’t see a link to the spray for down there. Was anyone able to find it?

just be careful with dates because you can gain lots of weight!

I’m of the strong opinion that a fast and easy labor truly comes down to genetics. 😅 I did ALL. THE. THINGS. With both my pregnancies. I’m talking dates, pineapple, EPO, walking, red raspberry leaf, curb walking, whole foods, Gentle Birth tincture, etc etc etc. Both my labors were 16.5 hours long. Pushed for 2.5 hours with both. 😂 I think short labors are just something your body does or doesn’t do, and everything you do to shorten them is pretty much just superfluous. Not that there is any harm in trying them, just saying. 😆

Hell no. I took evening primrose to “self induce” 6 years ago with my first and I could not stop throwing up. Just wait for baby to come on Gods timing

7 weeks in my first pregnancy thank you ❤️

The tincture (like all of them) contains alcohol.

Wow congrats unmedicated birth

I like that she likes 3rd trimester

Amazing video!!

Great information for us how we prepare our body for labour

Keeping active in a gentle way like walking, yoga and stretches are great for the third trimester 😃

What’s wrong with blue cohosh

Thank you 🇺🇲

When do you start the tincture?

Is there a reason to not start the red raspberry tea in the first trimester?

None of these are scientifically proven lol. Anecdotal “evidence “ isn’t actual evidence 🤦🏼‍♀️

You have the most beautiful hair.

Do you think the gentle birth drops helped? I’m so close to giving birth, any day now. How was your birth experience?

Great preparation video. Thank you so much for this video.

As a first time mom this is alot of information and is so helpful thank you🙏 im on time to do this im on 15 weeks so i will buy these products ❤

Hey I don't see the link for that spray?

Do you still take your prenatal vitamins?

Also raspberry leaf tea doesn’t do anything. All it will do is make your body have false labours it will force your uterus to squeeze up and and tighten the Braxton hicks. If you happen to have a great labour the tea has little to do with it. Same with dates.

She drinks coffee while telling you to do x y z. I don’t trust women who drink coffee while pregnant. Eat whatever foods you like, there isn’t any specific thing to eat and certainly refrain from supplements who haven’t got any studies to prove they are safe.

Im having my 5th child i never used any of the fancy products ! I ate healthy , am and was always active , always and ate dates and nut through out and during last week did labour speed up exercises! So to open up cervix ud have to be very active through out and to make it easier the last 2 weeks just exercise, drink , squats, birth ball do it all !

Hi mama. Be careful with essential oils. There’s some research coming out about how they are toxic

Where can I get/order from the birth formula in the UK?

This is so helpful! Some of these I haven’t done so totally adding them to my list for this pregnancy. Thank u!!

Hey thank you so much for this video I am currently 36 weeks. Does anyone know where I can get this gentle birth tincture here in the uk ?? Good luck to everyone

So helpful, thank you

So glad I came accross this, I did some research after watching and was really shocked to find out that raspberry lt is actually supposed to be started early…. So Thanks ! I’m 22 weeks so I’ll start now !

Was your baby flipped when you did all this??

Hi! Thanks for these tips! So super helpful as a FTM! When did you start using the gentle birth drops?

I teach ESL to Chinese students, and one of my student families gave me a huge container of dates because they're "good for pregnant ladies." I had never heard of that before, but I'm so thankful for their generosity, because I love dates and now I'm learning about their benefits. Honestly, learning about Chinese prenatal and postpartum medicine is really fascinating to me and it makes a lot of sense. It's also neat to see that some traditional methods are being upheld by modern research findings.

First top. coffee is not healthy during pregnancy

Dates, yummy. I can eat a whole bag of them in a day.