Made for This Birth vs The Birth Deck

Your pregnancy and birth matter and God wants to meet you there.   Made for This Birth is here to support and encourage you as you prepare for a happy, healthy, and yes, even holy pregnancy and birth with God. We believe that you are designed intentionally and beautifully to grow and birth your baby and He wants to be part of the experience. Birth can be one of the most amazing and spiritually transformative experiences of a woman's life and Made for This Birth can help you prepare your body, mind, heart, and soul for just that. The Made for This Birth Album contains over THREE HOURS of Catholic meditations, prayer, affirmations, Scripture, and relaxation practice for birth. We'll help you overcome fear, heal disordered beliefs, and prepare you for a joyful and empowering birth with God at the center. Playlists are customizable and can even include your own Apple Library tracks! Tracks were written and are led by the author of Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth, childbirth educator and doula, and mother of seven, Mary Haseltine.   Our Weekly Pregnancy Guide walks you through a more intentional and TRULY holistic pregnancy and birth from the very beginning - Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul. Each week you’ll be offered a unique glimpse of what your baby is up to, digestible but impactful information and reflections about your pregnancy, prenatal care, birth, and postpartum time, beautiful and compelling questions to reflect on, take to prayer, and even journal through, and a custom prayer specific to that week to help you orient all your decisions and experiences toward God's plan for YOU. Unlike secular sources, we’ll see you and your baby through the lens of God’s intentional design, in a way that honors you as a complete woman and your baby as a unique human being.   The Made for This customizable contraction timer allows you to time contractions while also offering sacred images, Scriptures, saint quotes, intentions, and even your own uploaded images to provide encouragement and inspiration as you labor!   THE MADE FOR THIS APP IS THE ONLY APP TO FEATURE;       • Over three hours of original audio tracks with:         Scriptures and Encouragement from the Saints         -Prayers and Affirmations for Pregnancy and Birth         -The Rosary with custom meditations designed for pregnancy and birth         -A Litany to Mothers         -The Divine Mercy Chaplet     • Custom Built Pregnancy and Birth Playlists where you can add your own music!     • Weekly Pregnancy Tracker from a Christian perspective with information, prayer, journaling prompts, and an integrated, holistic approach to your pregnancy unlike any other pregnancy tracker available     • CUSTOMIZABLE FAITH-BASED contraction timer     • Access to encouraging birth stories written by Christian mothers just like you     • Printable resources and affirmations     • Daily Encouragement on your phone home screen     • The Made for This Birth Directory connecting you with like-minded birth workers in your area     • Prayers and novenas for your pregnancy and birth with optional daily reminders     • Dozens of educational articles for your faith-filled pregnancy and birth     • And more!   Our Terms of Service can be found at https://www.madeforthisbirth.net/app-terms-of-service

• Prepare Confidently for Childbirth – The Birth Deck App provides expecting parents with powerful doula tools, illustrations, and empowering birth affirmation cards to help women and their partner feel more connected and supported for a more holistic childbirth experience. • 50 Techniques to Comfort Someone in Labor - A thorough guide to labor preparation that covers topics like packing for the hospital, massage techniques, positions for active labor, positive affirmations, and so much more. The app is easy to understand and provides evidence-based pain management techniques whether you’re having an epidural, water birth, home birth, natural birth or C-Section. • A Full Birth Preparation App - Don't have time for a birth education course? No problem! Learn fun, practical, hands-on techniques for a more comfortable pregnancy and labor experience. Expecting parents will discover 4 categories of cards: Move, Massage, Mind, and Support. Choose from relaxation massages to relieve pain and muscle tension to meditations to ease the mind and body and reduce stress levels. • Video Tutorials – Find a video tutorial for every technique in The Birth Deck App so you can easily learn how to comfort someone in pregnancy and childbirth. The author, Sara Lyon, personally guides you through the techniques so that you will be confident using them in the labor room. • Solutions to Common Hurdles – The Birth Deck app provides natural solutions to the most common problems in labor like stalled contractions, back pain, hip pain and slow labor. Use these techniques alone or alongside pain medication in the hospital. Feeling lost in the middle of labor? Just check out Common Hurdles in your app and apply the techniques you see there. • The Author - With more than 15 years as a doula and childbirth educator, Sara Lyon, author and creator of The Birth Deck App has distilled her wisdom into the 50 most effective techniques for comforting a woman in labor. The Birth Deck is used by nurses in hundreds of hospitals and birth centers around the world to help educate families and nurses about reducing pain in childbirth. The Birth Deck has sold more than 25,000 copies worldwide, and her book You've Got This: Your Guide to Getting Comfortable with Labor is used by midwives, and doulas internationally for birth education. Sara's prenatal massage company, Glow Birth & Body, has locations in Chicago, New York City and Oakland. Terms of Use https://thebirthdeck.com/pages/policies