Janine Gard: Learning how to cope with pain in labour 22 Apr, 2021 09:03 PM 8 minutes to read Parenting and birth educator Janine Gard Hawkes Bay Today By: Janine Gard Janine Gard is a diploma qualified birth educator and founder of Bellies to Babies. She has taught more than 2900 parents to feel confident, informed, supported and prepared This week Janine talks about pain in labour and birth. Today we are going to chat about pain in labour and birth and what you can do to understand, cope, support and work with your contractions. The topic of pain in labour and birth is a hotly debated subject around the coffee table and while pain in labour can't be entirely avoided (for most people), the fear of pain can be addressed and reduced.