For Pregnancy

Free Resources For Pregnancy

Reading List – This list is always changing – please email your personal faves!

Simple Yoga Do’s and Don’ts – An ever-changing list, mostly prenatal yoga is about listening to and trusting your body more than ever.  For some basic guidelines, check out this list.  For some deeper exploration into what’s happening each trimester and how we can support our growing babies and bodies with yoga, consider taking the Anusara Yoga for Pregnancy Training.

Questions For You & Your Partner to Ask Your Families – A good way to get more info and discover the ways your parents’ experience may have influenced your expectations.

Questions for Your Partner – Open communication lines – avoid assuming anything is obvious.

Questions for Your Doctor – Questions and desirable answers from Julie Freitas, Birth and Infant Care Educator

Yoga Tips & Guidelines – Great ideas for the pregnant yogini by Sue Elkind.

Pregnancy Teas – Raspberry leaf (from Healing Yourself During Pregnancy by Joy Gardner) is a uterine toner and great to drink throughout. Supposedly, even pregnant cats will stop to nibble raspberry leaves! Click for lots more.

Nausea Remedies – Including my favorite, a natural supplement called Soothe

Sample Birth Plan – Created for Kaiser Permanente Pregnancy in Balance: Group Medical Visits, Community & Yoga. A great tool to use to start talking with your partner about your desires.

Free Carseat Installation - in Los Angeles – look in to these same places in your city.

 

Recommended Caregivers and Specialists

ALL recommended practitioners on the site have come used and highly recommended by kula members.

Acupuncturists – Here’s a list of recommended acupuncturists.

Best Childbirth Prep and Infant Care Class – This 8-session, once a week Birth Prep and Infant Care Class is all you and your partner need to go forth into parenthood as a confident team. Julie Freitas has been teaching for 30 years, and as a doula has helped at over 200 births at hospitals and homes throughout LA. Ana Markel is an amazing doula and teacher. Call Ana at (818) 822-9568 to find out about their next class.

Doulas Doulas recommended by our LA kula.

Midwives – Here’s a list of great LA midwives to talk to.

Pregnancy Bodyworkers including Massage Therapists, Craniosacral Therapy and Chiropractors

 

Free Resources For Labor

Natural Induction – Please do not try any of the therapies listed without first consulting your OB or midwife. Except maybe “The Salad.” Also, see the Acupuncturists list.

Labor-ade – A recipe to restore electrolyte balance and prevent dehydration during labor.

Shawn’s short list - One yoga student, pregnant with her second baby, compiled all the essentials. She promises this is all you’ll need!

What to Bring to the Hospital – A complete list of necessary (and not so necessary) supplies you’ll be happy to have with you.

 

Free Resources for Post-Partum

Post-delivery relief – A recipe for a soothing herbal compress that can speed your healing process and reduce discomfort.

Returning Home with Baby – It’s hard to believe but it’s true – you will get home again with a new addition to your family. Here are some things that might make the transition easier.

Baby Toiletries – An extensive list of how to stock your bathroom and changing area.

Supplies for Mom – Everything you’ll need for you!

 

Free Resources For Fertility

Fertility – Great people and resources to help you along your journey.