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Being a Doula with Three Little Boys

Posted in Birth, Doula, tagged on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, some may not like to be called little.  Here are my 3 boys. 
We went to the Zoo on Saturday and they wore their Thing shirts that Nana got them at Universal Studios.  We got so many comments about the shirts.   Especially when DH had Thing 2 and I had Thing 1 and 3.  [...]

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I Cut 2 Cords in 6 Hours OR a Crazy Day in the Life of a Doula

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Home-Birth, Hospital-Birth, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged , , on March 21, 2008 | 17 Comments »

I have had 2 moms who were going to have their babies at any time for the past few weeks.   They also happen to be good friends, so I really wanted to make sure I made it to both births!
Birth 1 - hospital birth
S. was having her 4th baby.  She had never gone past 37 weeks [...]

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50 Ways to Birth More Safely

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, Home-Birth, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged , on March 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »

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Home from the Trust Birth Conference

Posted in Birth, Doula, Home-Birth, Hypnobabies, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, VBAC, tagged , , on March 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It was amazing and wonderful and fun!  I probably have 10 blog entries worth of things to talk about.  So this will just be an overview. 
I got to room with Michelle and Celesta, midwives from San Diego.  They were so great!  I am so looking forward to Alison’s birth, Michelle is her midwife and I [...]

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Bait and Switch

Posted in Birth, Birth Care Provider, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Choose Wisely, ICAN, Pregnancy on March 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A lot of moms are getting this from their care providers.  They say one thing and then as their birthing time draws near, they change their tune.   I love this blog post about it. 
If this happens to you, know it is never too late to change care providers!  If you choose to stay, then sit [...]

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Trust Birth Conference

Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Doula, Midwives, Pregnancy, tagged on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One of my goals this year was to go to this conference.  I will be there on Friday.  There are really going to be the most amazing topics and people there.  I am SO excited.  When I was picking out my topics I kept telling DH all my choice.  I said, “Honey, there is a [...]

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Sad article about doulas in the New York Times

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hospital-Birth, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth, VBAC, tagged , , on March 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »

 Here is the article.  Here is my response.
This is really a shame that this mom had a negative experiences with her doula.  My role as a doula is to support the mom in whatever SHE wants.  This isn’t MY birth, it is HERS!  I would NEVER leave a mother during her birthing time, no matter [...]

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