Bayside Chiropractic Providence, Rhode Island

05/03/2026

So important to normalize asking for help and therapy

Four experts offer their thoughts on what they'd like the community to know about maternal mental health.

05/02/2026

Love what we do!

We just received another great review on Google:

05/02/2026

We just received another great review on Google:

04/26/2026

Avoid pushing on your back and in any position that doesn’t utilize gravity.
Plus hire a doula- all RI insurance plans provide coverage.
Ask Sarah for a referral if you have questions.

🚨🚨 BREAKING: Research catches up with physiology....

Don't want to push for a long time in labor? Just don't push for a while and use gravity. Then you might end up pushing less than 15 minutes!

Is purple pushing FINALLY on its way out? While many facilities and providers have stepped away from strong and forceful purple pushing, variations of it still exist. This often leaves parents pushing for 1, 2, or even 3 hours - especially in first births and with epidurals.

Despite awareness of the fetal ejection reflex and birth being a normal physiological process, modern obstetrics left many believing we MUST push as soon as we reach full dilation.

Yet this often leaves moms pushing for hours.

Research from Besançon University Hospital, France looked at over 10,000 term singleton births.

Their research concluded: Under a delayed pushing policy of up to 3 hours, active pushing remained less than 15 minutes, supporting high rates of spontaneous vaginal birth and potentially reducing the need for instrumental delivery.

While there are occasional situations where directed pushing might be indicated (baby showing signs if distress, signs of cord compression, etc.), research is showing what midwives, many l&d nurses, and doulas have observed: birth needs patience.

👇🏽 Did you labor down or push as soon as you were fully dilated?

Study below.

04/20/2026

So proud of the work we do with families.