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Posted • “Is this really labour?” they asked their doula.

This wasn’t what they imagined it would look like.

“Their doula reassured them with some helpful information: from a clinical perspective, they were experiencing pre-labour, but from her perspective, the baby and the client’s body were doing some important work together. Those crampy contractions were moving the cervix from a posterior position to line up with the birth canal, helping the cervix to soften, thin out and possibly dilate a little. Even better, the pre-labour contractions were nudging the baby further into the pelvis. The birthing parent’s body wasn’t just wasting time—it knew what it was doing! And that’s the key; trusting that there is no rush and that in time, contractions will strengthen and the work of labouring will begin.”
- Lenore Kilmartin

Click the link in our bio to read our blog post titled Understanding Pre-labour written my Lenore Kilmartin

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