Pretty Pushers blog — Labor Gown
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.
New York Moms Dress for the Occasion
The New York Post interviews some of the locals about why it's important to them to control what they're wearing during birth.
Packing a Bag for Homebirth
"I have been asked quite a bit if I will be packing a home-birth bag and the answer is, yes!
Why pack a bag if I’m staying home?! The simple answer is that I want everything to be in one spot for my birth team so they aren’t having to ask where things are while I’m in labor. This will also (hopefully) prevent people having to run around or searching for things that I ask for or want."
-Elisha Burns, Bringing up the Burns blog
Just as in a hospital birth, Elisha makes the point that there are comforts and...
Attention NYC preggos!
One regret that we hear repeated again and again is “I wish I was more prepared for birth”.
Preparedness is education and power... go get some on October 3rd
💥. Our doula partner @chantal.traub will be there to offer priceless skills for the big day. There are a few spots left! From strengthening your pelvic floor to breathing to pushing...it can't hurt (pun intended) to have several labor and delivery scenarios in your back pocket for when the day comes.
Every Birth Story is Special
This expecting mom was afraid that a labor induction would lead her away from the natural birth she wanted.
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.
