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childbirth has come a long way over the
years and medicine has come a long way
since those traditional Lamaze classes
teaching you breathing techniques to
manage your pain and back with us to
talk about the evolution of Lamaze and
the latest and greatest in pain
management techniques we have Mandi Irby
the birth nurse back with us thank you
so much for coming on thank you for
having me so we've all seen them Lamaze
classes like on TV maybe some people
went to the classes but what are the
techniques for what are they teaching
you in those classes Lamaze you well
what what do you think of when you hear
Lamaze I think breathing right that's
how it is in the movie so it used to be
the breathing and it used to be a method
but instead it's completely changed it's
a philosophy they believe that birth is
normal natural and healthy okay and they
guide you Lamaze guides you with six
healthy birth practices easy to remember
and follow you don't have to you just
take the class and all the practices are
in what we teach and it's kind of woven
in there but so it is taught today but
it's just a totally different it's a
philosophy that's all thinking yep it
helps empower women to make healthcare
decisions for themselves know their
options know their choices and trust
their bodies okay is it some model for
the other like parent to act as kind of
a birthing coach
yeah that's intimidating right a little
bit yeah like they have such a job they
have to learn how to do no it's not a
coach anymore you have okay I call it
like your powerhouse you have partners
you have support people you have a team
and their job is not coaching but it's
supporting however you feel like you
need it okay let's talk about the tools
for managing pain you have a couple of
props here for us let's talk about what
you brought so the best part about labor
pain is that you know it's coming and
it's not constant yeah right it is so
close right yeah so we have tools in our
tool kit I don't know about the latest
and greatest but these are really simple
tools that help help you feel better
which actually beats the pain senses to
your brain okay so if you do things that
good like a tennis ball on your back it
feels good
then you're beating the pain and you're
reducing how much pain you feel yeah yes
okay okay I like it I like that and we
have a song yes that's a rice doc it's
and you made this right it's just like
regular rice regular rice we're gonna
set that up yep okay in the microwave
and you may want it on your back and
it's hard to know what you're gonna like
right but a lot of when they wanna just
leave it right yeah fine it right I had
a lot of back pains
oh yeah that would feel good yeah it's a
pool noodle the pool noodle is something
that I just rediscovered it's for your
back but it's also for big muscle parts
so I can demonstrate yeah yeah sure
absolutely
and so it protects your spine because it
isn't hard your partner does it gives a
lot of there we go yes did the pool
noodle ready the partner can kind of his
like hey wait we've practiced this and
you try it and then if you hate it
you'll say stop and then we have that is
a massager that's kind of the most
intense massager that we have but again
it's for well would I eat it yeah oh man
I'm telling you having a baby ever again
big house oh these are so great a lot of
tension relief can help with that any of
these these are just little sayings that
you can watch is read while you're in
labor you just kind of say I am relaxed
and calm yes I love that a body knows
how to give birth different techniques
require some practice during pregnancy
for it to be your technique and for it
to feel really good back so you can
think about back to where you're
pregnant
we weren't hurting yeah so if they speak
to you then you can write these in a
journal you can tape them in your labor
room okay we have our birthing ball yes
okay what is he's dark right you ready
yeah so it's just to feel good so you'll
actually step forward and I'll support
you and oh please like a lady when
you're not in labor yes but it's a it's
a way to help your
back feel better to relax you know this
it actually can reduce your pain I love
it I feel good right now I know and you
have a lot of resources for ladies going
into labor you can go to her website and
check out Mandy Irby comm you also have
plenty of videos on YouTube thank you
very much you're wel all the help thanks
for having me