L&D Nurses list of questions to ask on tour and Birth Plan Feedback

know your hospital, make your birth plan concise and relevant, don’t go in with guns blazing trying to pick a fight, and be respectful without being condescending.  She also mentioned communicating well with your nurse.  I’ll add that your nurse is the one person who can make or break this for you.  It’s ok to [...]

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Sierra’s Wonderful Home Birth

(I haven’t forgotten about the give away.  I should have the winner announced in a day or so!)
I hadn’t had a birth since June of ‘08.   For a lot of different reasons.  Lots of family trips, DH was SO busy working and the June birth was an emergency cesarean at 34 weeks and frankly hit a [...]

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Cutting 2 cords in 6 hours – Repost

Repost from last year!  Happy 1st Birthday to Superman and PJ!    Thanks for a fun crazy few hours. 
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 [...]

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Labor of Love Review and Give Away!

There is nothing more exciting than to recieve a book in the mail, except recieving a BIRTH book in the mail.  I got it on Friday and had finished the book by Sunday. 
The Labor of Love was written by Cara Muhlhahn, was the midwife who is shown in the movie, The Business of Being Born.  It was [...]

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What does it mean to be a “good patient”?

I read an interesting post on a nurse’s blog about The “perfect” patient.   Go read her post and then come back and read this.
She had some good points.
1.  Open mind.  I agree with this.  Some moms who are so focused on one thing, sometimes create that reality.  So focus on what you DO want.  Prepare [...]

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Breastfeeding Book Give Away

Go check it out here.   I love Kathy’s blog, because it has such great childbirth information. 
She is giving away a new Breastfeeding Book called   Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy.   It really fits right in with my whole Enjoy Birth theme.  The book looks really great and all the reviews I have read have been really positive. 

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Great comparison of Home and Hospital Birth

I never really thought about homebirth until after I was a doula.  The more I learned about birth and then saw birth as an observer at a hospital, the more homebirth made sense.  I have had 3 hospital births and if we ever decide to have another baby, he will probably be born at home. 
But here [...]

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Would my Care provider suggest an un-neccesary induction?

Some moms may wonder why I posted about inductions and the risks and questions to ask, etc.  
Would a care provider suggest something if it is not really medically necessary?  If so, why?
I think that depends a lot on the care provider and this is why I encourage moms in my class to TALK to their care [...]

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