Jeanette Albright, AAHCC

30/07/2025

This is why I wish for all women to be able to be prepared nutritionally for pregnancy!

28/07/2025

And also praying.
…Nothing and everything all at once.

💯 • Walk into a room while I am supporting a birth and you might think that I am just sitting there doing nothing. I won’t be talking. I won’t be touching the client. I won’t be using anything in my bag.

So what am I doing exactly?

🪑 Watching mom’s breathing and sometimes breathing loudly alongside her to remind her to slow down her breath

🪑 Scanning mom’s body during the contraction to make sure that she isn’t holding any tension

🪑 Monitoring the temperature and lighting to create the peaceful environment that she desires

🪑 Calculating how long it has been since she emptied her bladder

🪑 Thinking about how long she has been in her current position and thinking about the next position that she might try

🪑 Timing contractions to see if they are longer, stronger and closer together

🪑 Thinking about when mom and her partner last had a snack

🪑 Reviewing her preferences to make sure that everything is going according to her plan

🪑 Giving the couple space to connect on an intimate level (allowing for oxytocin) and/or guiding the partner to be the lead support

🪑 Updating notes and capturing labor flow

Sometimes just being fully present is enough. Sometimes just knowing I am there in close proximity is all mom needs to be able to relax and focus on what she needs to do. Sometimes just holding space for them in an unbiased manner allows for a noticeable shift in the energy of the room.

And the list goes on….

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20/07/2025

14/07/2025

Looking to start my fall series Late August/Early September at Innate Health Chiropractic. Reach out to register!

01/07/2025

Applicable for pregnancy acid reflux too.

28/04/2025

Birth location matters! Choose what’s right for you but know the facts/benefits vs risks.

16/03/2025

Rabbit hole on 💉
https://marcellapiperterry.substack.com/p/dear-pregnant-mom-who-is-just-beginning?r=8a5ws&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1BqJ0HJhFuUbJiJHWkcLu__9p4MH4erbK7ijuwmDvToI16xYt1L3Wci4s_aem_5bElHCoJXYYDLOxiek9CMg

This post originated on VaxTruth in 2016.

06/01/2025

This is a great example of “risk of” stats. Look at all the numbers. Fear mongering should not be a part of informed consent/refusal.

• You read that right.

Per the American College of OB/GYN's 2019 VBAC guidelines, the risk of maternal death during a planned vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is 0.0019%.

Expressed another way, that is a risk of 1 in 52,600.

Did you have any idea the risk was that low?

Whereas the risk of maternal death with an elective repeat cesarean after one cesarean is 0.0096% or 1 in 10,000.

Again, both really small numbers but the risk of maternal death is five times higher in a repeat cesarean.

This is why when pregnant people are threatened with "you could die if you plan a VBAC," it falls flat.

But it is often really successful in coercing someone into a repeat cesarean... as well as eroding patient autonomy and any trust when the birthing person learns the facts.

As a L&D nurse told me, "There is no real informed consent anymore."

This is just yet another example.

ETA: Some people asked in the comments about the risk of fetal death. We discuss that here: https://vbacfacts.com/2012/04/03/confusing-fact-only-6-of-uterine-ruptures-are-catastrophic/

Also, you can download our free resources including:

- a report debunking the top 5 uterine rupture myths: https://vbacfacts.com/report

- a handout busting the top 3 VBAC myths using national guidelines: https://vbacfacts.com/acogmyths

- and a VBAC planning checklist: https://vbacfacts.com/checklist (links in bio)

20/12/2024

Great tips!

FREE HANDOUT on a simple technique to help babies latch during engorgement. Full permission to share. To download "Reverse Pressure Softening for Parents," scroll to the bottom: of this page https://nancymohrbacher.com/pages/free-downloadable-lactation-handouts

19/12/2024

Great article and videos on the benefits of leaving the bag of waters intact and how it aids in labor!
https://www.rachelreed.website/blog/amnioticsaclabour?fbclid=IwY2xjawFunCpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfrgnsH590d-aNv60mr-8VKMVoP84reIcOhx3BxwRSijLEs2FVzbIvJp4A_aem_exw0PUjBjVlUhnLXRUTS2A&mc_cid=a16f5df199&mc_eid=63b28de6c7

The amniotic sac plays an important role in physiological labour. This post discusses how it functions during labour and the risks of breaking the waters.

10/12/2024

Expected date of confinement. 😂

Many studies have challenged the idea of a fixed due date, with one researcher noting that this idea “stretches credulity.”

Gerald Wightman Lawson searched and analysed the medical literature relating to "variables on the length of pregnancy, the expected date of confinement, and prolonged pregnancy."

His research (like many other studies before) confirmed that:

"a number of factors were found to significantly influence the length of a pregnancy, including ethnicity, height, variations in the menstrual cycle, the timing of ovulation, parity and maternal weight." (Lawson 2020)

And for those who would like a bit more detail...

"The proposition that a pregnancy is 40 weeks or 280 days in duration is attributed to the German obstetrician Franz Naegele (1778–1851).

His rule adds nine months and seven days to the first day of the last menstrual period.

The expected date of confinement from this formula is approximately right in the majority of cases.

However, the idea that this rule can apply to every pregnant female – young or old, nulliparous or multigravida, Caucasian, Asian, African, or Indigenous – stretches credulity.

In addition, many women regard the 40‐week date as a deadline, which if crossed, may then place the baby under stress.

Forty weeks is such a simple, round, convenient figure that it has proved difficult to challenge, despite criticism.

Nonetheless, what might have been an appropriate formula in Germany in the 19th century deserves to be revisited in the 21st."

You can see the paper at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajo.13253

For loads more information about "due dates", other approaches and the options available towards the end of pregnancy, see my books on induction, or visit https://www.sarawickham.com/iol

21/11/2024

New series starts soon at Innate Health Chiropractic!