DH’s surprise business trip to London

So, this could be a good thing, except he doesn’t even want to go, he is behind in work, it is really meetings he could do over the phone, etc.  So he is grumpy about going.  Top that off with my stress about him leaving. 
I have a mom due with her 7th baby any day now.  [...]

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Doula Faux Pas – aka Dead Cell Phone

It was Saturday, I had my lists of errands to run while DH watched the boys.  I headed out, happy as a clam.  I get almost half my errands done.  I am in Walmart looking at shoes for B. and realize I don’t know his size.  I get out my trusty cell phone to call [...]

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The broken leg episode or please don’t let anyone go into labor this weekend!

I had 2 moms who were in that 5 week window of baby could come at any time.  Life was good, it was chilly outside and the baby (ok, he is 2 years old, but he is MY baby) needed a nap.  So DH took Carson to soccer and I stayed home to enjoy a [...]

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Painless Childbirth

Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirth by Guiditta Tornetta is available today on Amazon!  It was written by a wonderful doula in the LA area and she understands the power of hypnosis for childbirth and this book is all about that! 
Very inspiring and informational. 
Right now the #1 Pregnancy and Childbirth Book on [...]

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Orange County, CA Hypnobabies Childbirth Class Starting April 28th

I have a few spots left in my Hypnobabies Class starting April 28th.   This is a wonderful childbirth education series that covers all the important pregnancy and birthing information AND includes hypnosis tools to help you have a more comfortable and enjoyable birth. 
If you are an expecting mom in Orange County, CA and are interested [...]

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Placenta: The Gift of Life, Book Review

I got this book Placenta: The Gift of Life by Cornelia Enning off the Midwifery Today website when ordering the Midwifery Today magazine.  (Highly recommended by my friends at Independent Childbirth, the magazine that is) 
Well, I am pretty enthralled with placentas.  I think they are so amazing and thought the book sounded interesting.  It was [...]

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This will make you smile

Ways to entertain a 2.5 yo while extremely pregnant.   This is from a blog I read with a mom expecting twins! 
It made me laugh, because I remember those days.  Not expecting twins!  But pregnant with Carson when Devon was 2.5 yo! 

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Birth and Faith Survey

I created a survey to look at if and how someone’s faith could effect their birth.  Please take a few minutes to fill it out!  It should only take about 5 minutes. 
 Click Here to take survey
If you took a Hypnosis for Childbirth course and want to do a survey regarding your experiences with that, I [...]

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Emotional Aspects of Being a Doula

The Trust Birth Conference was very interesting.  It was fun talking with other doulas there.  We had one group discussion and someone talked about how our work as Doula’s can be effected by our births. 
It made me think of my 2 cesareans I have attended as a doula. 
I always was nervous how supporting a mom [...]

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Long Back to Back Births

The end of  2007 I attended two very long births back to back.  Out of 63 hours I was gone 57.  I was home for a few hours of sleep between them.  I missed my 2 year olds birthday and honestly I don’t know where my boys were during that whole time.  I wasn’t worried, [...]

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