Janine Gard: The bloody show signifies imminent birth 8 Apr, 2021 11:09 PM 6 minutes to read Birth and parenting educator Janine Gard. Hawkes Bay Today NC130121janinegard.JPG 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 the bloody show. Isn't it strange how pregnancy turns us into creatures obsessed with our bodily fluids? If you're trying to conceive, for example, you might first start monitoring your mucus. Then, there's the pee-on-a-stick pregnancy test followed by the unpleasant pregnancy discharge over the next nine or so months.