{"product_id":"hypnobirthing-a3-poster-teaching-tool","title":"Soften and Open A3 Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thick 250gsm poster print to use as a teaching tool for hypnobirthing explaining the physiology of softening and opening in early and active labour. Will be sent rolled in a tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet's end this fixation with cervical dilation!!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI cringe when I see people sharing visuals of what 10 cm looks like. It's so unnecessary and it freaks women out! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone's estimate of how dilated the neck of your womb is at any given moment is not an accurate indication of how progressed you are or when your birth might happen. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on this measurement - that really we were never meant to know because it's inside us - is harmful and disturbs the physiology of birth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore I understood about what surges were doing in my body, I felt scared and vulnerable when I thought about this 10 cm 'hole' opening. But it's not like that - we don't become a tunnel!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn my diagrams I think it's sufficient to talk about a bit dilated, quite a lot dilated and dilated enough. We don't need the centimetres!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI know that the 'fundus' (top of the womb) as a term isn't usually used about in hypnobirthing - but it's what helped me to understand what was going on with the cervix and contractions. So I like to talk about it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore I learnt about 'building the fundus', I felt confused why it was so much work for the body to just 'open a hole'!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce I learnt that the hole is created by the womb muscles squeezing to draw themselves up, which builds the muscles at the fundus (power to push later!), and it's because the muscles have moved to the top that the 'hole' is created - everything seemed clearer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then I understood what surges had to do with cervical dilation and effacement. Which is hugely important, because once we understand the ancient wisdom of our bodies in birth, then it can help make surges less scary and more welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese soften and open digital download hypnobirthing handouts represent some of what is happening in the womb during surges (contractions) and would be a great tool for remembering the hard work your body is doing in labour - and how the sensations in your womb are safe and productive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We think in pictures and we should be painting accurate pictures. The cervix nor the vagina bloom. The cervix is not a zip lock bag. The purpose of labor is NOT the creation of an opening or a hole... The purpose of labor contractions and retractions is to BUILD the fundus, which will, when it is ready, EJECT the baby, like a piston. Without a nice thick fundus there is no power to get baby out....the cervix does not dilate out....it dilates UP as a result of the effort to pull muscles up into the uterus to push muscles up to the fundus.\" - Carla Hartley, midwifery educator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI try to use non-medical language in my pictures where I can. I like to use womb instead of uterus, that kind of thing. I've done a mix here. I decided not to include cm measurements of dilation, because we don't really need to know what measurement dilated we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOPYRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\nThis poster is copyright Hannah Thomas of Womb to World Art and may not be reproduced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*DELIVERY INFORMATION*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin UK\u003cbr\u003e\n-------------\u003cbr\u003e\n- Standard delivery aim is 3 working days, but sometimes Royal Mail can take slightly longer and please bear this in mind when ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- If you are in a rush there is the option to upgrade to a faster post in the checkout, and if you'd like to upgrade further to Special Delivery to guarantee delivery please send me a message before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- I will ask for your understanding in waiting until a parcel is 10 working days late before replacing, as this is when Royal Mail will consider the item lost and allow me to put in a claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*ABOUT WOMB TO WORLD ART*\u003cbr\u003e\n------------------\u003cbr\u003e\nI am Hannah: a trauma-healing, spiritual home educating mother of two little ones in Oxfordshire UK, and in my 'spare' (haha) time I like to paint motherhood art and make birthy things for birthy people!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo find out about me and when I make new designs please join me on social and check out my website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewww.facebook.com\/wombtoworldart \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewww.instagram.com\/wombtoworldart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisit my UK Student Midwife Shop at studentmidwifeshop.co.uk or shop my full international shop at wombtoworldart.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Womb to World Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56777371451774,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0945\/1926\/3614\/files\/il_fullxfull.6301423335_ozjp.jpg?v=1767648026","url":"https:\/\/studentmidwifeshop.co.uk\/products\/hypnobirthing-a3-poster-teaching-tool","provider":"The Student Midwife Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}