VBACtivists in Ventura

I love to see moms pushing for change in the birthing world.  There is a group in Ventura who are hoping to change the VBAC rules in some of the hospitals there.
I have a good friend from Ventrura who had an emergency cesarean with her first baby, had no problems having VBACs with her next [...]

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Choosing a care provider and birth location wisely

I have been lucky to have 2 positive hospital births, as a doula I have seen some good hospital births where mom was supported and treated with respect and some where mom wasn’t. 
Part of the problem with a hospital birth, is you don’t necessarily know if your doctor will be on call and you don’t [...]

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Breast Milk Ice Cream?

PETA wants Ben and Jerry to use Breast Milk in their ice cream. 
I think they got the idea from the Swiss restraunteur who is using breast milk in some of his recipes. 
Sadly, I don’t think Breast Milk is creamy enough to make ice cream.  But interesting idea.

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Cooking with Breastmilk

I found out about this on Rixa’s blog. 
A restaurant in Switzerlandis going to have menu items cooked with breastmilk.  Interesting, I have tasted my own milk and it is pretty sweet.  So I can imagine it might be yummy.  But it would be an interesting mental hurdle for most.

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Treating mother’s like children

Bellies and Babies Blog has a great post titled How can we expect to make mothers out of women when we treat them like children?
I completely agree with her post.  How we are treated during pregnancy and birth can effect our mothering.  Reading it brought me back to after Devon was born.  He was in [...]

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I’ve been tagged and the internet is so cool.

I was tagged by a fellow Hypnobabies Instructor Michael.
here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you
2. Post the rules to your blog
3. Write 6 random things about yourself
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them
5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment [...]

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ACOG needs to learn from McDonalds!

I found out about this great post on Keyboard Revolutionary  from Rixa’s Blog. 
What can ACOG learn from McDonalds?  You will just have to click and find out! 
I think it is true, just let it go, create your own better hamburger and let people choose for themselves where they want to eat! 

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The formula tragedy in China

This tragedy breaks my heart.  Three babies have now died from tainted formula and over 6000 have been made sick from it. 
This mother of a 2 month old said, “Doctors said I better not feed her powdered milk,” Xinhua quoted a “tearful” Wang as saying.
“In the past few days, I fed her fresh milk bought from [...]

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Dr. Jack Newman’s Breastfeeding Clinic running out of funds!

This is a Canadian Clinic, but benefits women everywhere from the research they do and the videos they make and so much else.  If you can help out, or want to learn more, visit their website!

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Cool Birth Video for Dads

This looks like it will be a great birth video for Dads and Mom’s to watch.  It is geared towards the dads.

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