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Lena Leino is a mother and an active acupressure user. She has recently devoted time to the efforts of Maternity Acupressure in their goal to provide valuable tips and resources on how to start labor naturally and get effective labor pain relief safely without drugs.

How to Induce Labor Naturally Before Your Doctor Does

If your due date is around the corner, you are probably looking for some way to induce labor and get the show on the road! You might be bloated, having trouble getting in a full breath, having difficulty sleeping and leaving every 5 minutes to head to the bathroom! It’s no picnic. It makes sense that you want to alleviate all of these discomforts by inducing labor and encouraging that baby to come out. Read

By: Lena Leino | 01/09/2008 | Pregnancy

Do You Want to Induce Labor?

If you are reading this article, chances are you are pregnant and you may be tired of being so. You can’t sleep, you’ve got terrible heartburn, your back hurts and you’re constantly heading to the bathroom to relieve your pea-sized bladder. You’re looking for natural ways to induce labor and end the agony! Babies really know when they are ready to come out. It doesn’t hurt, though, to get your body primed in the best possible manner to help commence junior’s arrival. Be sure that you do not Read

By: Lena Leino | 01/09/2008 | Pregnancy

Inducing Labor Without Drugs

You are a conscientious mom-to-be. You have read all the requisite books and eaten healthy foods and taken all the recommended precautions. You have taken the pains to find just the right doctor. During one of your visits, your doctor has told you that if you go too far beyond your due date that he recommends inducing labor through medical means. Read

By: Lena Leino | 01/09/2008 | Pregnancy

Avoid a Cesarean – How to Induce Labor Naturally

According to statistics provided by childbirth.org, cesarean rates in the United States have nearly quintupled from where they were 20 years ago. The increase of cesarean rates can be attributed to the increase in chemically stimulated inductions. Women are simply not allowed to induce labor in a natural way. They are frequently given the message that it’s quite easy to “schedule” a birth. This is not what nature intended, nor is it feasible in the long term. Read

By: Lena Leino | 30/08/2008 | Pregnancy

How to Induce Labor Safely and Effectively

It’s now the end of 40 weeks. You are prepared for your baby to come any day now. Only…he’s not coming. You can’t sleep because junior’s keeping you up at night. You look at your belly wondering if you’ll ever see your feet again. You wonder if it’s possible for your body to stretch any more than it has already. You are past ready to induce labor Read

By: Lena Leino | 30/08/2008 | Pregnancy

Maternity Acupressure – a Sane Way to Induce Labor

If you’re reading this, chances are that you have been searching for a way to induce labor either for yourself or for someone you know. It’s quite possible that you or your partner is overdue in their pregnancy or getting really close to your expected due date. Most women get to a certain point in their pregnancy when they just want it to be over. Every woman will experience this at a different time. Going through 8 or 9 months of continual changes in your body can take its toll on any person. Read

By: Lena Leino | 30/08/2008 | Pregnancy

Use Maternity Accupressure to Aid Your Labor!

When a woman’s pregnancy is overdue or the mother is facing the threat of being medically induced, using maternity accupressure can help induce your labor naturally. The rate of women being induced has risen substantially in the last decade. Many women want a more natural way to bring on their labor. Acupressure has been shown to be very successful in giving relief from labor pains as well as granting stress relief. Maternity acupressure will not slow the labor down, in fact it can help to stren Read

By: Lena Leino | 30/08/2008 | Pregnancy

Inducing Labor on Your Terms

Many women reach the end of their pregnancy with relief as they give birth to their baby. That part of the journey is over and they can start the next phase. Unfortunately there are some women who reach their expected due date and they still have not begun labor. Their precious baby seems content with staying inside and not making an appearance. You’ve set up the baby’s room, you’ve packed the bags and you’re ready to start bonding and making those first memories. Many parents begin to worry an Read

By: Lena Leino | 30/08/2008 | Pregnancy