Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth, VBAC, tagged guest post on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I am a little slow in getting this up on my blog. But I was honored to be asked to write a guest post on Rixa’s blog about my births. Here it is! If you don’t read Rixa’s blog, you should, it is great!
http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/2008/04/guest-post-1.html
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Doula, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, tagged Awareness, c-section-births, c-section-delivery, c-section-irth, c-section-preparation, c-section-recovery, CAM, Cesarean, Cesarean-Awareness-Month, cesarean-birth-deliveries, cesarean-birth-stories, cesarean-scar, cesarean-section-deliveries, cesarean-section-delivery, ICAN, International-Cesarean-Awareness-Month, sisterhood-of-the-scar on April 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Doula, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, tagged Awareness, c-section-births, c-section-delivery, c-section-irth, c-section-preparation, c-section-recovery, CAM, Cesarean, Cesarean-Awareness-Month, cesarean-birth-deliveries, cesarean-birth-stories, cesarean-scar, cesarean-section-deliveries, cesarean-section-delivery, epidural, ICAN, induced, induction, International-Cesarean-Awareness-Month on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
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, [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, ICAN, VBAC, tagged Awareness, c-section-births, c-section-delivery, c-section-irth, c-section-preparation, c-section-recovery, CAM, Cesarean, Cesarean-Awareness-Month, cesarean-birth-deliveries, cesarean-birth-stories, cesarean-scar, cesarean-section-deliveries, cesarean-section-delivery, ICAN, International-Cesarean-Awareness-Month on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have had a cesarean with my first baby. It was a medical emergency and I feel that it saved my baby’s life. Baby was not OK and needed to be born NOW. I am grateful for living today when this medical intervention is possible.
I have had 2 VBACs. They were normal births, baby was [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, Home-Birth, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged birth video, epidural on March 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, ICAN, Pregnancy on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of moms are getting this from their care providers. They say one thing and then as their birthing time draws near, they change their tune. I love this blog post about it.
If this happens to you, know it is never too late to change care providers! If you choose to stay, then sit [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, ICAN, Pregnancy, tagged arom, avoiding induction, bishop's score, cytotec, epidural, inducing, inducing labor, induction, miso, misoprostol, pitocin, risks of induction on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As usual this is not meant as medical advice. This is just information with a lot of links so you can do more research! Then make the best decision for yourself!
Everyone wonders why the cesarean rate is so high, I think a huge reason is all of the inductions happening today. Over 40 % of [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Hypnobabies, ICAN, Pregnancy, tagged big baby, Good reasons for induction, inducing labor, induction, IUGR, low fluid, postdate, preeclampsia, PROM, questionable reasons for induction, toxemia on February 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
5 Good reasons for an Induction
1. Pre-eclampsia/Toxemia - This can be a serious risk to mom and baby. You just want to be sure it is really pre-eclampsia and not just a few elevated blood pressure read. There are many different things a care provider will look at. Before agreeing to an induction you would [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, ICAN, tagged Awareness, c-section-births, c-section-delivery, c-section-irth, c-section-preparation, c-section-recovery, CAM, Cesarean, Cesarean-Awareness-Month, cesarean-birth-deliveries, cesarean-birth-stories, cesarean-scar, cesarean-section-deliveries, cesarean-section-delivery, choosing a cesarean, ICAN, International-Cesarean-Awareness-Month, why moms choose a cesarean on February 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This post is NOT about medically necessary cesareans, there are certainly times when choosing a cesarean is obviously the best choice, when the life of mom or baby is at stake. This is also is a total of 4 posts that go together, scroll down my blog for the rest!
It is sometimes frustrating to see moms [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, ICAN, VBAC, tagged Awareness, breech, c-section-births, c-section-delivery, c-section-irth, c-section-preparation, c-section-recovery, CAM, Cesarean, Cesarean-Awareness-Month, cesarean-birth-deliveries, cesarean-birth-stories, cesarean-scar, cesarean-section-deliveries, cesarean-section-delivery, choosing a cesarean, ICAN, International-Cesarean-Awareness-Month, supporting moms, talking to moms about cesareans on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I find out someone is planning a cesarean, I start by asking, “Why?” It helps that I can say, “I had a cesarean with my first baby. Why are you having one?”
Then I listen to their reasons. I ask how they feel about having a cesarean. Some moms feel really good about it, they [...]
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