Project Teenbirth, Inc.

10/12/2023

Call for volunteer doulas!

Do you have a passion for supporting young parents through pregnancy and childbirth?

Project Teenbirth is looking to grow our team of volunteer doulas for our Tampa and Orlando Chapters.

If interested and or to learn more, please email us at hello@projectteenbirth.org or visit projectteenbirth.org/doula. Link in profile.

08/14/2023

We are back online this morning! Thanks for your patience.

08/14/2023

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The Project Teenbirth Executive Team

08/04/2023

06/30/2023

In this video you will learn about nitrous oxide gas and how it can be used during labor for pain relief. We discuss the research evidence on nitrous oxide during labor and the main pros and cons of this approach to pain management.

06/24/2023

06/19/2023

Why is it becoming so popular to have a 39-week induction? 🤨

Anyone who is pregnant today (and isn't going to a midwife) is very likely to find their OB recommending induction at 39 weeks.

👉🏻This common practice comes from a very large, randomized control trial, which took healthy first-time mothers and assigned them to one of two groups. The 39-week induction group, or “expectant management” group.

(The “expectant management” control group didn't necessarily wait for labor to start on its own— they often also had inductions, just further down the line.🤷🏻)

The results: the women who had a routine induction at 39 weeks had a 19% cesarean rate, versus the expectant management group with a 22% cesarean rate.

🧐 So now we apparently have proof that the best thing to do is to induce all women at 39 weeks, which is being recommended widely.

Not so fast! One of the main flaws here is that the women who entered into this trial would have been eligible for a birth center or home birth. They were very healthy women. When looking at studies of birth centers and home birth outcomes, the range in cesarean rates is 8-13%.

If 19% was the low rate in this totally healthy population, and 8-13% is very achievable… then there's something really wrong with the system. 😵💫

-Henci Goer, Episode 67 of The Birthworker Podcast, “The Fallacy of Unbiased Maternity Care.”

Leave a comment below on your biggest takeaway from this episode! 👇

06/18/2023

Happy Father’s Day to all the young dads being present, wanting to break toxic cycles, and heal generational trauma for their children. We see you!!!! 🖤

06/15/2023

Your body & baby are wise. Even when you’re searching for signs of labor & it feels like there isn’t much happening, there’s quite a lot going on behind the scenes.

Those final days may go by slowly, but your baby is hard at work preparing for their arrival earthside! While labor is seen as the main event, think of those last weeks as finishing touches for Project Baby 😉

And guess what?

“False labor” is not a thing. Those Braxton Hicks contractions have purpose. Think of those surges that come & go as practice labor!

(Prodromal labor is a different story… Another post to come on that later!)

Some gentle ways to support your body’s preparation for birth:

✨ Visit a Webster certified chiropractor for an adjustment
✨ Pelvic floor physical therapy
✨ Get a relaxing prenatal massage
✨ Go for a daily walk
✨ Get plenty of sleep
✨ Hydrate & eat nutrient-dense foods

Rest easy in knowing that your body is doing exactly what it should be in the last weeks of pregnancy. 💛

05/26/2023

Shout out to .jooste for donating her book Birth With Joy to our organization. THANK YOU for supporting the young parents we serve through acts of !