Welcome to this Instagram live teaching focused on empowering mamas with powerful techniques for breathing, mindset, and pushing to empower your birth experience.

Trish covers techniques for all three of these crucial aspects of a positive birth experience:

⭐Breathing

⭐Mindset

⭐Pushing

Trish emphasizes the importance of mastering controlled breathing to reduce pain and anxiety, walking you through the different breathing techniques to utilize for each stage of labor, while maintaining a positive mindset with tools such as affirmations and visualizations, and understanding how to push effectively by working with your body.

She also discusses powerful techniques like EFT tapping (emotional freedom techniques).

This episode is designed to help mothers feel confident, in control, and empowered during their pregnancy and birth.

Tune in for all of Trish’s tips and techniques for you to feel like the confident, birth queen that you are, in preparing for labor.

00:55 Engaging with the Audience

01:30 Starting the Discussion: Breathing, Mindset, and Pushing

01:59 The Power of Breathing Techniques

10:21 Mastering Your Mindset

15:05 Effective Pushing Strategies

19:13 Final Thoughts

Resources:

Grab a Free Pregnancy/Postpartum Checklist Bundle

Connect w/ Trish:

On Instagram

On Facebook

On YouTube

On Pinterest

On TikTok

For more pregnancy & birth education, subscribe to The Birth Experience on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Produced and Edited by Vaden Podcast Services

If you are ready to invest in your pregnancy & postpartum journey, you are in the right place. I would love to take your hand and support you in your virtual labor room!

If you are ready to dive into a birth class and have your best and most powerful birth story, then Calm Labor Confident Birth or The VBAC Lab is your next step.

If you have a scheduled cesarean, take our Belly Birth Masterclass and own that experience.

If you are a newly pregnant mama or just had the babe, you want to join our private pregnancy and postpartum membership, Calm Mama Society.

Remember, my advice is not medical advice. Always discuss what you learn with your team. See my Disclaimer here! Also, We make a small commission from some of the links (you don’t pay any more for using our links);...

Trish is joined by Anna McClellan. Anna is a mama of three to a 5 year old boy, 3 year old girl, and 10 week old boy and a pregnancy and postpartum trainer based in Nashville.

Anna shares her inspiring journey, encompassing her role as a mother of three and her transition from becoming a doula, to combining her passions for fitness and birth to support pregnant and postpartum mamas.

Anna discusses her different birth experiences, including unmedicated births in all different settings: a hospital, birthing center, and a home birth. She shares how these experiences have shaped her approach to fitness and birth preparation for other mothers.

Trish and Anna also touch on the emotional and physical complexities of miscarriage, sharing their miscarriage experiences, while highlighting the importance of community support and open conversations about loss.

Anna emphasizes the significance of mindset, intentional movements during labor, and the healing power of a redemptive birth experience.

Tune into this episode to hear Anna’s inspiring birth stories.

00:52 Anna's Background and Journey

02:35 Balancing Doula Work and Motherhood

03:22 Combining Fitness and Birth Work

06:36 Anna's Birth Stories

16:31 Miscarriage and Healing

18:27 Supporting Each Other Through Loss

25:07 Closing Thoughts and Where to Find Anna

Connect with Anna McClellan:

Follow her on Instagram @movelikeamotha

Resources:

Grab a Free Pregnancy/Postpartum Checklist Bundle

Connect w/ Trish:

On Instagram

On Facebook

On YouTube

On Pinterest

On TikTok

For more pregnancy & birth education, subscribe to The Birth Experience on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Produced and Edited by Vaden Podcast Services

If you are ready to invest in your pregnancy & postpartum journey, you are in the right place. I would love to take your hand and support you in your virtual labor room!

If you are ready to dive into a birth class and have your best and most powerful birth story, then Calm Labor Confident Birth or The VBAC Lab is your next step.

If you have a scheduled cesarean, take our Belly Birth Masterclass and own that experience.

If you are a newly pregnant mama or just had the babe, you want to join our private pregnancy and postpartum membership, Calm Mama Society.

Remember, my advice is not medical...

Trish guides expecting mothers through the different settings where they can give birth while exploring their birth options.

Trish explains the benefits and considerations of home births, birth centers, and hospital births, emphasizing that the choice should be based on where each mom feels the most comfortable and empowered.

She provides practical advice for navigating each environment and underscores the importance of being informed and prepared to advocate for oneself.

The episode is filled with insights on retaining control over the birthing process and making educated decisions for a positive birth experience.

01:49 Exploring Home Birth Options

03:29 The Freedom of Home Birth

05:58 Transitioning to Birth Centers

09:53 Navigating Hospital Births

13:05 Empowerment and Advocacy in Birth

14:20 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Resources:

Join our 5 Days to A Fearless Birth Experience and watch 5 Online Birth Classes FOR FREE!!

Grab a Free Pregnancy/Postpartum Checklist Bundle

Connect w/ Trish:

On Instagram

On Facebook

On YouTube

On Pinterest

On TikTok

For more pregnancy & birth education, subscribe to The Birth Experience on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Produced and Edited by Vaden Podcast Services

If you are ready to invest in your pregnancy & postpartum journey, you are in the right place. I would love to take your hand and support you in your virtual labor room!

If you are ready to dive into a birth class and have your best and most powerful birth story, then Calm Labor Confident Birth or The VBAC Lab is your next step.

If you have a scheduled cesarean, take our Belly Birth Masterclass and own that experience.

If you are a newly pregnant mama or just had the babe, you want to join our private pregnancy and postpartum membership, Calm Mama Society.

Remember, my advice is not medical advice. Always discuss what you learn with your team. See my Disclaimer here! Also, We make a small commission from some of the links (you don’t pay any more for using our links); however some of the...