Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, yes I am. According to a lovely post by my “friend” Kathy. You might be a birth junkie, if…
Go read the whole list. SO funny.
Here are the ones that I could say, YES I do this.
if you blog about birth (more than just your own birth for historical purposes) or if your birth story [...]
Posted in Birth, Doula, Home-Birth, Hospital-Birth on July 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I found a grat article singing praises for having a doula support you during your birth. A Doula – The MUST HAVE for Expecting Parents. I agree!
I am a little biased of course. I had a doula for my last birth and loved it. My husband loved it. He asked why we didn’t have [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, ICAN on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monday July 27th 9pm EDT
Are you keeping your fingers crossed and hoping for the best? Well, take charge and find out ways you can increase your chances of having an easier and safer birth. First-timers and experienced mothers both can benefit from this class.
This 2-hour online session will help you learn:
Different kinds of care providers [...]
Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Doula on July 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This could also be called the potential interesting situations that arise when you are a Childbirth Educator.
I recently changed my screen saver to shuffle through pictures in My Pictures Folder. I didn’t think much of it. Until today.
Yesterday I got all jazzed up and made a Power Point Presentation for Class 3, Choices in Childbirth. [...]
Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Natural Birth, tagged drinking during labor, eat during birth, eat during labor, eating during birth, eating during labor, food during birth, food during labor, hungry during birth, hungry during labor on July 16, 2009 | 40 Comments »
So when I met with T. the other day, she told me about her meeting with the OB. The most outrageous comment he made was “Just make sure you don’t eat a cheeseburger on the way to the hospital. The number one cause of death during birth is aspiration!”
Ok, that one just left me flabbergasted. [...]
Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hospital-Birth, Pregnancy, tagged changing care providers, changing OBs, OB, questions for OB on July 15, 2009 | 21 Comments »
I have a doula client who when I met her was looking to change care providers. So I offered her this list of questions to ask. (I normally don’t concern myself too much with care providers, because most moms are reluctant to change, so unless mom isn’t happy, they are not open to changing) But [...]
Posted in Birth, tagged molly ringwald, twins molly, twins vaginal on July 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Honestly, I am not really into movie stars. But I do notice and get excited if they have “normal births”
I know a lot of women DO care about famous people and if they see they can have vaginal births, than maybe it will inspire them to. Silly I know.
Anyway, I was excited to see that [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Care Provider, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Choose Wisely, Doula, Hospital-Birth, tagged Questions OB on July 11, 2009 | 14 Comments »
A lot of moms choose their care providers from friend recommendations, PCP recommendation or just randomly picking one out of the insurance choices. This is dangerous. Take time to really research this choice, because it can have a HUGE impact on your birth.
Their impact on your birth often starts before your birth even begins! Starting [...]
Posted in Cesarean, Hospital-Birth on July 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had a cesarean with my first baby and the hardest part was being separated from the baby afterwards. I was in recovery alone (with a nurse) and my hubby was with the baby in the nursery. This was the worst part of my cesarean.
Many hospitals have this routine. Mom goes to recovery and baby [...]
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