Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, tagged Birth, book review, childbirth class, childbirth educators, Pregnancy on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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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Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, tagged Birth Story, breech, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth on November 26, 2007 | No Comments »
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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Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hypnobabies, ICAN, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged Cesarean, Hypnobabies, hypnobabies home study, ICAN, independent childbirth, VBAC on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
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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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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Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hypnobabies, Pregnancy, tagged Hypnobabies, open house, california, orange county, doulas, hypno-doula, enjoy birth on November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
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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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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Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, tagged Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, choices, Doula, support on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
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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