Bailey Counselling Therapy

04/27/2026

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04/27/2026

You need interruption, my friend.

03/21/2026

moment by moment...

The truth is that everything in life is changing— without exception.

03/21/2026

springy thing!

Today is the first day of spring, and we are so thrilled 💚🌱 Maybe it's time to follow Mary Oliver's advice, to break out and act like the wild, springy things we once were.

12/17/2025

Ahhhh, I needed to hear this today!

Nothing has been ruined, and there is no such thing as failing... let go, in a moment, and begin again.

07/12/2025

& Barbara Becker on simplifying

05/28/2025

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This was my experience. Labour felt too fast. Like my body couldn’t hold it.. so intense and overwhelming. Took me a while to do the work to integrate the experience.

While a speedy labor might sound desirable when you’re thinking ahead to birth - as any mama who has had a ‘precipitous labor’ can relate - it can also feel intensely overwhelming - and even traumatic, especially if you’re not prepared for that reality.

Most women who go into labor spontaneously will experience a warm-up period that gets their body and mind ready, slowly, over hours and days, throughout various early labor stages.

Precipitous labor jumps right into the intensity + speed of active labor, sometimes right into the depth of transition - skipping over not only the mental warm up but the oxytocin buffer that evolutionarily has been developed as natural pain management.

A short labor can feel overwhelming and scary - like a freight train moving through you, while you’re trying to grab onto the handrails! This isn’t unsafe for you or baby - it’s just moving FAST!

Key: Stay calm, trust your body, and use your skills like comforting positions and deep breathing techniques.

If you’re trying to get to the birth center or hospital and feel like pushing (or pooping!)

* Try hands and knees or elbows down with butt up in the air to take the pressure off + pant like you are trying to keep a feather up in the air.
* Laying on your side with your knees drawn up can help.
* Blow like you are extinguishing a candle to reduce the intensity of the push - you can’t stop it per se, but you can ease it a bit.

The good news is these births often go really well. Your mind just needs to catch up to what your body is doing! Sometimes easier said than done - with some need to process it postpartum.

Friends saying “You’re lucky that was so fast!”? Well.... it’s actually totally valid to feel that the experience was overwhelming - or traumatic - and you’re the only one who gets to make that call.

What were your births like? Were your labors fast? Long? How did that feel to you? How did you integrate and process this postpartum? Love to hear your stories in the comments!

For the most comprehensive birth prep course - taught by a Midwife-MD join me in BirthWise - the Mama Pathway complete birthing course - deets at the link in bio.

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04/29/2025

Anyone wanting to come to our multi-stage parenting group? Come out for coffee, company, connection.

04/10/2025

Sometimes we all need a few reminders on how to support ourselves with anxiety. Anxiety is a normal part of being a human.. it lets us know that something is amiss or needs attention.

04/10/2025

Look at this exciting zine..
“The form of someone’s body doesn’t necessarily determine what that body means, how it
works, or what it can do.”
Mira Bellwether

12/10/2024

Ways to spread some love this season..

12/04/2024

This moment here and now is perfect. In its imperfection and transitional nature. Take a moment now to soak it in.