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VBAC support at Saddleback Memorial

Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, VBAC, tagged , on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have had 2 VBAC’s at Saddleback Hospital and encourage mom’s who contact me wanting a hospital VBAC to look into Saddleback.  They hold a VBAC class for parents interested in learning more.  Here is what one of their Doctors has said. 
 
“For many years, the rule of thumb was ‘once a Cesarean, always a [...]

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Vote for the At your cervix movie!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

If you go to IdeaBlob you can vote for this important movie.  If they win, they will be able to finish this movie and get it out into the world!  It is so important that women have this information so we can be more empowered about our bodies!
http://www.atyourcervixmovie.com/about.html
“Uncomfortable”; “Humiliating”; “Traumatic”; “Scarring”–words women too often use to [...]

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Beautiful Breech Homebirth Story

Posted in Birth, Home-Birth, Natural Birth, tagged , , on August 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Breech Homebirth surrounded by mothers (Dad was away on business!)
            I wasn’t surprised to have sailed past my due date with my 5th baby. Fielding the phone calls, answering the questions about “when are you due?” had become so ingrained in public conversation that even my 4 year old son was wise enough to answer [...]

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Hypnobabies CD available Free!

Posted in Hypnobabies, tagged on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Introduction to Hypnobabies CD is free, you can order it from Hypnobabies or Download it. 
Hypnobabies is a complete childbirth education program with powerful hypnosis tools so moms can have a more comfortable, enjoyable birth!
To find out more visit the Hypnobabies Blog!

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A birth that hit too close to home.

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Doula, Hospital-Birth, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, ICAN, Uncategorized, tagged on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Devon, my first was born by emergency cesarean at 34 weeks.  As a doula I have worried about how my client’s cesareans would effect me.  I wrote about it in my post Emotional Aspects of Being a Doula. 
It is amazing to see how the Lord has eased me into my client’s cesareans.  The first was [...]

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10 positive things about my Cesarean

Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Hypnobabies, ICAN, VBAC on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I learned about this way to help moms process their cesareans from the Birth after Cesaren Blog
Listing 10 positive things, not including Devon, that came about from my cesarean.   I think it is sometimes hard to see beyond the baby you get.  It has been 10 years and a long journey to get where I [...]

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