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10 Ways to Prepare for Labor

September 26, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Full Circle Yoga KC offers prenatal classes that mamas at all stages can practice and build their physical and emotional strength in preparation for their birthing journey. Here are 10 ways to prepare for labor:

Discover the power of pregnancy yoga
Practice visualization
Educate yourself about labor, birth, and postpartum options
Write a birth plan
Enjoy a date with your partner at partner prenatal yoga
Find a doula you and your partner connect with
Eat Well
Fill your tank with words of affirmation
Walk….a lot!
More pregnancy yoga

Should You Choose A Midwife?

September 13, 2017 by Full Circle KC

You don’t know what you don’t know….until you know! Pregnancy is a journey of learning and becoming aware of the many choices you have as a soon-to-be mama!

We started with a wonderful OBGYN but due to insurance we were unable to continue with her care. The silver lining was learning more about the choice of using a midwife. I was blessed to have two normal pregnancies. When my husband and I started consciously picturing how we wanted our birthing journey to look like: in the hospital, one of unmedicated vaginal birth, natural labor and delivery, as little medical intervention as possible (assuming I and baby were safe and healthy) we decided the best fit to our birthing team would be a midwife. We can’t say enough about how amazing our midwife was for the birth of our two children.

Choosing a midwife is on the rise. Midwives have a philosophy of committing with women to support and carry out chosen birth plans. We found that our midwife educated us along the way helping us create the birth plan, asking us questions we didn’t even know to ask, or encouraging us to think about things we hadn’t considered. She allowed and encouraged us to be active participants in the planning of our birthing journey.

Midwives offer a lot of support emotionally to laboring mother and family. They become your coach and look you in the eye when the tough gets tough. With a midwife you feel like you’re in it together to the finish line. The support goes beyond birth to postpartum.

Midwives offer medication-free ways to manage pain such as, laboring in a tub, sitting in a shower with water flowing down your back, changing positions, massage, birthing ball, and visualization. Midwives support the idea of continued movement in intermittent fetal monitoring during labor.

Educate yourself about your options, there’s a lot to consider when it comes to giving birth. Listen to your gut, you need to feel safe and comfortable with where you choose to have your baby and who you want on your team.

Full Circle Yoga in Overland Park was founded in 2017 by yoga teacher Jenny Hellman focusing on wellness in the early stages of family life from prenatal to early parenthood and the older adult years. Full Circle Yoga KC is an Overland Yoga Studio specializing in Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga and Chair Yoga for seniors.

Partner Prenatal Yoga

September 8, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Partner prenatal yoga offers so many mutual benefits to a growing a family. It’s an opportunity to connect with one another and share in the journey of pregnancy. Partners can be empowered through learning poses and visualization tools that will help support mama during labor and delivery. Prenatal partner yoga celebrates the partnership and union of two parents preparing to bring life into the world.

Time to Connect- Life gets busy. There is a lot of work to plan for the arrival of a little one! Sometimes it seems hard to find time to connect and embrace the life experience of pregnancy together. When I ask mamas what they and their partner do to connect as a family I hear we read books to baby, we listen to music together, at night when we are laying together my partner feels baby move around. These are all wonderful ways to find time to connect. Prenatal partner yoga is another grounding way to find shared connection during a time that your lives are changing. Through sequenced and supported poses and space to give pause to the outside world, partners can connect on a deeper level nourishing the partnership.

Builds Trust and Confidence- There is great wisdom through educating yourself in how you want your birthing journey to be experienced. Joining a partners prenatal yoga can be educational in learning from others and knowing where one can advocate for their desired birthing journey. When both partners are armed with knowledge about choices they have during the birthing journey, it becomes empowering, and when we are empowered we trust the inner strength and intuition.

September 14th at 5:45 pm- Partner Prenatal Yoga Class!

This class will bring soon-to-be mama and partner together to bond during this momentous journey of pregnancy. It will offer poses that can be done during labor with the support of partner. It will be fun for all! Hurry…..only 5 couple spots are available and it’s filling quickly! You can reserve and pay online at www.fullcircleyogakc.com. Private Partner Prenatal yoga is also available, email fullcircleyogakc@gmail for availability.

Partner Prenatal Yoga

August 27, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Yoga means “to unite,” so, what better way to come together on your mats and practice yoga in partnership. Partner Prenatal Yoga can help partners have heightened connection and appreciation with one another as they prepare for their rite of passage of parenthood.

Benefits or Partner Prenatal Yoga include:

Practice the tool of breathing together in unison.
Help build confidence for both mother and partner as they prepare to enter the journey of labor and delivery together.
Offer ways for the partner to be actively involved in the birthing journey.
Build trust
Teach poses that can empower and coach mama through the birthing journey.
Practice meditation together to enhance feelings of safety, relaxation, trust, and connection.
Creates a fun and nurturing way for partners to connect with their baby.
A beautiful way to honor this journey together in unity.

Full Circle Yoga KC is offering Partner Prenatal Yoga September 14th at 5:45pm. Class will fill quickly, reserve your spot now at www.fullcircleyogakc.com.

Should I Have A Natural Birth?

August 17, 2017 by Full Circle KC

Should I Have A Natural Birth? This is a decision every mom-to-be will have to decide. We live in a judgmental society, and advice comes flooding in when it comes to pregnancy and parenting! Ultimately, it’s a personal decision a woman must decide for themselves. The choice for me was to have a natural birth in the hospital. I found many advantages in having natural births for both of my children.

Should I Have A Natural Birth?

It’s the ULTIMATE challenge- It requires everything you’ve got! In prenatal yoga At Full Circle Yoga KC we practice visualization and breathing techniques in every class to prepare you mentally and physically. I like to think of pregnancy as training for a marathon. During your pregnancy you are training your body and mind mentally for that momentous birthing journey. On the day of labor and delivery “the race”, you can put all that you’ve practiced and prepped for to the test.
It’s EMPOWERING, that brings a right of passage from expectant mother to MOTHER. It reminds you of the mama bear strength we as women have within us.
You’re PRESENT to feel the whole experience! The good, the bad, and all that in between.
It’s CHEAPER!
FREEDOM to move about, find poses that help advance your labor and poses that support pain management.

At Full Circle Yoga KC our prenatal yoga offers a class that mamas at all stages can practice and build their physical and emotional strength in preparation for their birthing journey.