Great ideas for choosing a care provider…

How can you find the best care provider for your birth?   Well, a lot of this depends on what kind of birth you want to have.  How can you know what kind of birth you want to have? 
1.  Take an independent childbirth class. (outside of the hospital system)  Here you will learn about all your [...]

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Hypnobabies Birth Story of Mauro

Mauro’s Birth
Mauro is 11 weeks old and I am just now getting around to writing his birth story. He has needed a lot more help adjusting to the world than his older sister did, and I also have had problems with breastfeeding and my breasts, including thrush, and we are just now settling in well.
After [...]

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Thanksgiving – What am I grateful for?

I am grateful for:

My husband who supports me as I live a life with this passion for birth.  He didn’t mind that I was gone for 57 hours out of 62 consecutive hours 3 days last month, as a doula for 2 long induction births.  He listens to me talk about birth things all the [...]

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Review of a Perfect Pair of Books

     I do NOT recommend What to Expect When you are Expecting… this tells you everything that can go wrong and tells you to expect it.  I used to recommend Your Pregnancy Week by Week, because moms wanted a book to tell them how their baby was developing and have a reference to what may [...]

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Hypnobabies Open House in Orange County, California

If you are interested in learning more about Hypnobabies.  You can come to an Open House on November 13th and meet moms who have had babies using Hypnobabies, hear their positive birth stories, learn about birth options in the area, meet area hypno-doulas and meet other expecting moms!  To learn more visit www.enjoybirth.com 

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Cool Birth Movie “The First Cry” released in France

I learned about this on Rixa’s Blog.  
Le Premier Cri looks (site is in French) like a film where they go to different countries and cultures and film different births.  It looks like it is GREAT!  I can’t wait until it comes out on DVD. 

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Help Your Doula Help You

Written by Dale Bernucca, Childbirth Educator and Doula, with input from other childbirth educators at www.independentchildbirth.com.Childbirth Educators and Doulas have permission to share this article with their students/clients, as long as the author and website are cited.

Support: sup·port (s -pôrt , -p rt )
tr.v. sup·port·ed, sup·port·ing, sup·ports

To bear the weight of, especially from below; To [...]

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