Brighter Births By Chanté Shine

03/05/2026

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So cute not to share!😆

03/05/2026

Babies can yawn, cry, smile and get hiccups in the womb🥰

02/28/2026

RELAXATION
RHYTHM
RITUAL
according to P. Simkins this is a key technique for coping through labor. Using these 3 things will direct focus, manage pain and, stop the overwhelm train from hitting you!

Find your focus but repeating a rythem or ritual that relaxes you!
When I was laboring at with my 1st I kept running my legs together (they call it cricketing) then suddenly 2 nurses put me kn my bad pulled up legs apart and said "push!" I kept saying "no no I need my legs!" They were my 3 Rs rolled into 1! My doctor said " well you can do it that way but it will take a lot longer..." guys my 1st born was out in 5 mins with minimal pushing... do what's right for you! Do your research, know what's happening to your body at the different stages but do what's right for you!

Music and movement (on the ball mostly) was my three Rs with my 2nd and thank goodness I figured that out fast bc that will guys was willed Into the world! He DID NOT want to come out! At the start of the day (5days overdue) I had 3 very random very untimed contractions. On the 90 mins drive to the office i had 2 contractions.🤨 But the time they admitted me at 4pm I was 3cm;80%. I had him at 12:48am after 17hours and 55mins of laboring in the hospital (18hrs was the cut off for c-sec bc i was admitted with no water bags)

Find your 3 Rs and stick with em! You got this! Youre amazing! And no one has a baby how you have a baby!😉

02/26/2026

Good to know ladies!

Did you know the pelvis isn’t a straight tunnel that your baby “passes through”, but rather a dynamic, curved rotational guide your baby actively NAVIGATES? Your baby doesn’t just descend, they rotate, adjust and respond to the physical pelvis and positions as birth unfolds.

What an intelligent design that babies are born with unfused skull bones, allowing molding and shape subtle (or sometimes not so subtle!) shape changes to accommodate the unique needs of labor…each baby, each time! Birth, then, is more like a dance between mom and baby, and we should be in awe every single time it works…I know I am! 💕

When mamas are untethered to wires and free to move their bodies, their babies can actively participate in and even have their bones temporarily adapt to the curves of the pelvis. It may look bizarre sometimes, but it’s physiology that works by a perfect design.

And don’t worry mamas, within days that cute head rounds right back out to that kissable shape that fits in cute bonnets and bows 🎀

When you look at this picture, be reminded today that each of us were made for this. Go dance your dance!

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01/03/2026

Here is my hope for 2026 births:

-More spontaneous pushing (because its the most amazing feeling!)
-Normalize home births
-Longer than 10 min prenatal appts!
-Minium 1:1 patient;nurse ratio for hospital births
-More TRUELY baby friendly and mother friendly hospitals!
-More women looking into free-standing birth centers!
-Also just more Free-Standing Birth Centers!
-More parents reaching out to doulas! (Call me!)
-Stop putting scary labels on pregnancies that are not needed. i.e. geriatric pregnancy,etc.

01/03/2026

Hope everyone had Happy Holidays and are ready for the New Year's blessings! Happy 2026! To all expecting parents; do your research & call your doulas! 🩷💙

09/19/2025

Love this podcast!

1. If you are one of the 90% of people who are considered low risk in pregnancy, hire a midwife. Midwives are strongly associated with lower interventions in birth and we are the experts in unmedicated home birth. Obstetricians are amazing skilled surgeons, but they are not as skilled in supporting low-risk, low-intervention physiologic birth. Full stop.

2. Take a high-quality childbirth education class that actually KEEPS IT REAL with you about birth. You can do it, but it is hard. If someone is selling you on “breathing your baby out” and using pure hypnosis without really going into what the sensations feel like for almost everyone, they’re not keeping it real with you. You don’t have to be afraid, but you can feel empowered knowing you can do really hard things. Link in bio for our class built for people having their first unmedicated birth.

3. Plan a home birth. If you truly want an unmedicated birth, you have to give birth with people who do unmedicated birth in settings where unmedicated births happen. Imagine trying to run around a track with someone saying to you the whole time, “Do you want to just stop? Do you want to walk instead?” You’d start walking pretty quickly. Now imagine running around a track with someone saying, “You can do it. Just keep going. One step in front of the other. I know you’ve got this.” You’d make it. That’s the difference and that’s why home birth means unmedicated birth.

4. Identify the things that feel scary or unknown about birth and talk to your providers about it. You can really only do this if you have time with your providers, which again means midwives. If you don’t have time in a prenatal to talk to the person who will actually be at your birth about the fears you are experiencing, how can you ever hope that they will remember and care for that in labor?

5. Stay active and focus on nutrition. So many of the complications of pregnancy that result in inductions and interventions can be avoided with movement and nutrition.

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08/31/2025

I hate when people say
"it doesnt matter how you became a mom.." -let me explain before coming at me...

Facts are facts. And the facts are that negative birth experinces increases the risks of PPD and with the rising healthcare costs and social stigma surrounding PPD we should all be taking all precausions. There is nothing wrong with having PPD. There is something wrong with not getting help for it or not being able to get help for it!

What we should be saying is "it matters to mom how she became a mom.." That being said we all know and undeestand that birth is a fluid event. It does not always go perfectly to plan BUT, there are ways to prepare and to adjust actively in the moment to still ensure mom has a positive birth experience! Lots of this depends on choosing the right carepeople and location. Having at doctor/careperson that gives you a choice and a voice in your labor and delivery is incredibly important!Instead of telling you what you will do or using scare tactics on you in a vulnerable state your careperson should be calm and stating facts and giving you options and always actively striving for your ideal birth as safety as possible.

At the end of the day we all becomes moms differently and sometimes totally in ways we did not plan but if you were able to feel in control and supported through the process our experiences can still be positive which in turn lowers our risks of PPD!
So adoption, c-section, physiological, epidural, gas....it doesn't matter as long as mom decided and felt good about it! 💙🩷💛💜

06/02/2025

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C-section.
It’s the only major surgery where seven layers of your body are opened—and just six hours later, you’re expected to be on your feet, caring for another human being.

While society often normalizes it, a cesarean is a serious abdominal surgery that comes with real risks: infection, blood loss, and complications from anesthesia—and yet, moms rise.

If you became a mother through a C-section, know this:
YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK.
And that? That’s something to be damn proud of. ❤️❤️❤️

05/28/2025

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04/13/2025

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Wanted to share this because belly holding can be such a relief for those pretty far along or sometimes earlier on with subsequent pregnancies! And there's lots of ways to do it! "Shaking the apple tree" is good too! It looks just like this but instead of just pulling back with the robozo you'll shake it a bit!

04/12/2025

This is precious!! I was at work for Wesley's offcial first steps but I was home for Landons!