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  • i wish i could give my husband a child.. you're blessed.

  • Good for you! No matter how much we know, there's always something new to learn. I hope that your labor goes well for you and I wish you blissful parenthood x4.

  • What an incredible birth you had! I am so happy to see that you had the freedom to move (despite the monitors) and use your belly dance techniques while in labor. I am 39 weeks pregnant with my 4th baby, and I am saddened by how much I didn't know up until this point. I purchased your video today so that I can use those techniques during my home birth which will also be medication free. I am having a boy too, my 3rd boy, and I have 1 girl.

  • One of the reasons I birth at home is to avoid all those interventions, both "minor" and major. One of the most annoying of these is the stupid heart monitor. A hand-held doppler is so much more freeing for the labouring mom!

  • I was such a wimp, after around 5 hours of hard labor I begged for an epidural.

  • @HighlighterLass, No moms are wimps! I think that without labor training and a plan of action, it would be difficult to labor without help. When I was pregnant, I was very concerned about having a plan that worked for me, so when I came across belly dance as a labor technique, I was intrigued. It "felt" right to me and I could instantly envision myself doing it. If you want to avoid the drugs, you really need to have a plan that you practice and visualize before labor begins.

  • @FarStarProductions It looks like something definitely worth trying. If I ever get pregnant again, I definitely want to give it a try. That is great you were able to find something that worked for you, I'm envious of your four hour labor!

  • @FarStarProductions yes, some moms are most certainly wimps. Some aren't, but it depends on if they could really handle the pain factor and were just choosing not to.

    There is NO BIOLOGICAL REASON for birth to be painful any more than there is for eating to be painful.

  • @HighlighterLass pussy. you bring us all down

  • Sorry, as an out of hospital (OOH) attendant you were still subjected to too many hospital protocols for the wonderful way you labored but not your birth (on your back and in paddles)....

  • I think that she was in good shape And she has an overall good active about life all that mixed with her having a high pain tolerance. Now my best friend had her first kid and she said that regular old Tylenol helped the pain (crazy i can image) but I dont know if she was smoking crack or Not,lol Pss Im 27 and have no children so what do i know?

  • amazing!!!..this is why i want to learn belly dance!..thank you.

  • Thank you for this video & for sharing your story.

  • Belly dancing is an age-old way to get through labor. Just a note......it is a myth that one has to be on the bed to be monitored. The monitor can pick up a heartbeat with a woman moving. If you neet to hold the piece so it doesn't slip, fine, but it can be done. I, as a doula, do it all the time with my clients.

    Keep on moving!

    Sarah Goldstein CD(DONA) doula trainer

  • @joshgold613316 Oh, I wish it would have worked for me! We did try it, but the nurse couldn't find the heartbeat unless I was lying down! I don't know if it was poor equipment, lack of skill by the nurse or baby position, but she could find it for a brief time, then lose it, find it, lose it. Finally she said I needed to lie down.

  • @joshgold613316 Why does there have to be a monitor at all? Men don't use monitors when they get erections or walk or eat. Why is birth something dangerous and horrible that needs to be "monitored!!!"

    Grow up.

  • i'm definately going to try this. :D

  • I'd stopped the link too soon so missed the address for purchase. Just watched your video again and let it run to end. Thanks.

  • @AnneCH139 I'm glad you found the answer, but if anyone else is wondering, the site is perfectpregnancyworkout dot com Thanks for your interest!

  • I didn't belly dance during my labour, but I was very active, and mine was very similar - not just 'not as bad as I'd thought'; I felt amazing afterwards! I think keeping active in whatever way you can really helps to keep things moving along and keep you focussed and your mind off of the sensations/pressure/pain or whatever you want to call it. I will definitely use your technique for moving while on a fetal monitor next time as I too found that extremely uncomfortable and unnatural. Thanks!

  • @iamxadoc I'm glad to give you some new techniques and happy to hear that your labor went well. :)

  • @iamxadoc To tell you the truth, there is no reason for it to feel painful- after all, pain is your body's way of telling there's something WRONG, not RIGHT. What most people interpret as "pain" is an intense sensation- like when a child has a harder bowel movement than usual and tenses up- this CAUSES pain, but it isn't in itself a form of pain, the way a broken arm would be.

    Birth should not be painful AT ALL, because it is NATURAL and NECESSARY. NO necessary thing should be painful.

  • That's something I will keep in mind when it's time to deliver my son. I am a belly dancer. :) We just started our lamaze classes but I will add this technique to my list. :)

  • I cannot thank you enough for posting this video! I tried it during my labor and delivery for my second child and I wished I did it for my first! I was able to push my son out in less than 5 minutes, all natural! And labor was a cinch! Just felt the pressure, but not pain. Highly recommend this!!

  • @PLRam777 So glad to hear it- it's wonderful to hear success stories!

  • @PLRam777 Good for you! real women aren't challenged by birth anymore than real men aren't challenged by erections! I always wondered why people are so willing to accept that pain is something ok and natural for women, but if a necessary male function were pain-bringing, we would all be up in arms trying to stop it!

  • Charlene- Good for you! Have you read Morocco's account of an birth in the Middle East where the participants practiced belly dance? It's really pretty amazing and inspiring. I can't post the link here, but if you search for it on Google under "morocco dancing the baby into the world" you will find it.

  • I am def. taking this up now for my delivery in September! I am looking for pregnancy friendly workouts, and this is exactly what I'm looking for. Had to quit my intense workouts ;) I did bellydancing for a short time, and the instructor said the exact thing you did; she had such a short, easy delivery.

  • you are very lucky! not sure anything you did really made a difference, some woman are just blessed with easy labors!

  • @rtirakayos No, NO labor should be painful- pain is the body's way of telling you something's WRONG.

  • @Mirani2 really......??

    

  • @rtirakayos "really...?" in response to which comment, I have 6 trilion of them on here

  • @Mirani2 you said that if labor is painful it means that something is wrong, so I answered really?? Labor to most women no matter where they live ,what culture they are from, is a painful undertaking , it isnt called vacation, or leisure ,it is called labor for a reason! some women like I said are lucky to be blessed with easier labors than others.

  • why it is so hard to believe that ancient techniques, wisdom are more relieble to avoid pain than "modern" chemicals? of course medicine is important but if there is a way to not use drugs and proceede in a more natural way, great!

  • That's amazing!

  • This vid was great until the end when you GROSSED US ALL OUT!

  • Thanks for your comments. I practiced belly dance several times/week throughout my pregnancy and engaged in timed active visualization while practicing straddle splits. It's a very challenging position and I found that practicing relaxation and visualization that way was excellent birth prep. there is a timed guided visualization section in my belly dance workout to help others find their inner calm as well.

  • It's great to set birth with the natural movements and rythms of your body. Then you begin to align with the energy of the contractions and work and flow in accordance with what your body is doing. Belly dance inhances that connection. Also yoga, Visualization and being fully Concsious in the moment with a positive, oopen and accepting mind. How were you able to maintain that state of peaceful surrender and avoid tensing up? Did you prepare your inner self for birth?

  •  2:35amazing delivery

    3:35 beautiful garden and beautiful bellydance

  • Mappleton, please.. everyone's different and so is everyone's birthgiving. It sucks yours was so long, I don't know why some women have the luck it doesn't last long and they can handle the pain easier, but that doesn't mean she's lying..

  • @DarkSkyNBF Sometimes it's not even a matter of handling the pain, sometimes there is no pain. But doctors want us to believe it always is, so they can make money by addicting us to their care.

  • @Mirani2 yeah sorry but I don't believe that.. I have had a birth since my last comment, I gave birth to my daughter, at home, no doctors only midwife. under water in a bath (blowable kiddy bath with hard borders for support) and hell it did hurt! I can't believe somebody would say giving birth does not hurt... but if they experienced it for themselves and say it really doesn't hurt, ok, the better for them, but I find it hard to believe..

  • @DarkSkyNBF It's hard to belivee that someone may have had a different experience than you?

    Or you don't want to belive it because you're sore that it was avoidable, or not universal?

  • @Mirani2 lol if it was avoidable it would've been.. Not hard to believe that someone had a different experience, cause every birth is different.

  • @Mirani2 btw, I didn't use any painkillers and I can't rally complain about my labor really. But I suppose if it was normal to have painless birth, it would universally known, it just is so that contractions, that are necessary for delivering a child, hurt. some people have it worse than others. some people can handle pain better than others. How many times did you deliver a child? and all of those times were painless without any painkillers? then you're lucky, that's all.

  • @DarkSkyNBF Contractinos don't ahve to hurt and in many cultures painless birth is automatic and accetped.

  • @DarkSkyNBF we're not talking about you, asshole, we're talking about other people, about the POSSIBILITIES and what's NATURAL, not what actually happened. You and I have both grown up in a society which teaches us to ignore our sexual parts and our sexuality and thinks painful periods and such are normal.

    For God's sake, why do you think it's so difficult that someone could have a different experience than you??? Are you seven years old?

  • @DarkSkyNBF oh, wait, sorry, I already commented on this monstrosity of a comment before. 

  • @DarkSkyNBF I agree. Actually, NO birth should really be painful. Pain is your body's way of telling you something's wrong. Hence, no natural or necessary process needs to be painful.

  • Thank you Mr111989! I wish you and your family joy as well. :)

  • Mappleton73: I am sorry that this video offended you. I can assure you that having pain in labor is nothing that you should be ashamed of, nor should you feel that it was your fault. Birth is unpredictable and we all do the best we can with the circumstances we are given.

    I would not call what I felt during labor "pain". It was more like "pressure". By releasing tension during contractions, I didn't cause myself pain by fighting the baby's descent, which is what causes most normal labor pain.

  • @FarStarProductions Your story is very insipiring to all mothers. The way that you handled your son's birth was ingenious. May you and your family be blessed with eternal joy and your lives be filled with happiness and peace.

  • I love this...even if the site does only allow kind comments...this is grate..ing on my last nerve

  • interesting...I'm unable to post a comment...

  • Hate to disagree, but she is feeling pain...she's handling it well, but it's still pain. And I have to ask if she'd be saying the same thing if it had been 36 hours or more instead of only 4. Preach to the masses after you've experienced something like that.

  • @mappleton73 you need to visit the site of Laura Shanley (google her)

  • Hate to disagree, but she is feeling pain...she's handling it well, but it's still pain. And I have to ask if she'd be saying the same thing if it had been 36 hours or more instead of only 4. Preach to the masses after you've experienced something like that.

  • I have considered it, but my husband is very adamant about going to the hospital. We all have to make the choices that best fit our families and I very much want him to feel that he has a part in the whole experience.

  • @FarStarProductions Just a thought, if he is willing to read up on labor a and delivery, have him read Natural Childbirth the Bradley Method. It truly doesnt focus on home birth at all, Dr Bradley was an OB who did 94 percent all-natual childbirths. It just talks about the mans role and what is happening for the woman and baby and may help him come around eventually to home birth once he has read up more on childbirth. What I have found is that the fear of home-birth just stems from the unknown

  • @FarStarProductions No, you don't bow to your husband or mother or anyone else's wishes. You bow to nature and what your body wants. Don't be a failure to your baby or yourself. If your baby wants to be born naturally you need to promise it that.

    Most men today are idiots who think birth is this scary dangerous thing that THEY need to supervise. Huh!

  • have your baby at home next time!

  • My water broke and it was slightly tinged with green, which indicated the presence of meconium. It was light enough that the doctor wasn't worried, but she wanted to monitor the baby periodically to make sure that he wasn't in distress. Unfortunately, because he was so low in my pelvis they couldn't get his heart rate unless I was lying on my back or sitting up. His heart rate was completely normal, by the way.

  • Why did they not allow you to continue your belly dancing? Did you or your baby have a medical condition in which the monitoring was necessary? If not.. .seems kind of cruel that they didn't let you continue to make yourself comfortable while laboring.

  • This is quite amazing! It makes me want to get pregnant. Nice to hear a calm, thoughtful perspective on childbirth since so many hospitals today treat it like an ailment, put fear in new mothers, and readily opt for C-sections. Good stuff!

  • wow. =)

  • One of the best and clearest explanations of how a woman can help herself during one of the most rewarding acts of nature. The motions and music are so graceful, uplifting and inspiring. As a registered nurse who worked for years in the delivery room I was very impressed with the ease and control you had in your labor and delivery. I'm sure your video will do much to help all the women who follow your lead and give them many happy memories or their birthing experience.

  • This was great! Very well done. I'm proud of you, Elisa!

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