Pretty Pushers blog — Hospital Delivery

Fall Maternity Sale

Packing your hospital bag for a birth this Fall?

Pretty Pushers is celebrating the season with a Labor Gown Sale on all Fall colors!

Think crisp brown and warm olive green - and just a few dollars away from a better birth!  Pack one of these in your hospital bag for more comfort and less exposure while allowing access for Fetal Monitors, IVs, the Epidural, and Skin to Skin after the baby is born.

Pretty Pushers Fall maternity sale


Every Birth Story is Special

This expecting mom was afraid that a labor induction would lead her away from the natural birth she wanted.  

Pretty Pusher and newborn

But in fact, despite the cervadil, pitocin, and epidural, she was able to stay calm and peacefully push out her baby boy in 30 minutes!  Her family and friends were nearby to welcome him to the world and all was fine in the end.  This reminds us to expect the unexpected, and that we can still embrace our own story, even if it happened differently from the first draft. 

Pretty Pushers birth photography

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Doula Recommended

Ask a Doula how important it is to bring your own clothes to birth in.

Tips for not pooping during labor - She Knows

Preparing for labor involves more than calling your doctor and packing a bag.  She Knows offers this article with great tips on what you can do BEFORE labor to, well, "go".  Our CEO Mary Apple adds to that with a concoction which was meant for inducing labor, but in fact had another use.  

 

In the end, the hospital staff has likely seen it all and they know how to get Sh*t out of the way!