Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hypnobabies, Pregnancy, tagged wedding on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wedding Disasters and Bad Births, you might wonder what they have in common. But this post points out how supportive others are if a woman has a bad wedding experience (photographer doesn’t come, etc) but gets little sympathy if their birth doesn’t go as hoped for. They hear, you have your baby. That is all [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Hypnobabies, Midwives, Natural Birth, Pregnancy on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On a new blog, created by a Hypnobabies mom, Cynthia, who had 2 Hypnobabies births. I love that Hypnobabies helps empower moms and helps them create wonderful births. Then they share the joy with others!
Go check out her blog and her birth stories! Both her babies were over 10 pounds. So for those whose Doctors [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, tagged ask-for-new-nurse, nursing on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
N’s birth.
I first met N at the library when I did my library display! She worked there and was pregnant, so asked me some questions. I invited her to join my Hypnobabies class and she did. Half way through class she decided she wanted to hire me as her doula, but at a reduced rate. She was [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, ICAN, tagged big baby on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Or any mom being told her baby is “too big” The big baby card is one that really bugs me! I have a whole long page on my website about it.
Here is a link to a great video of a mom who had a vaginal birth, then was scared into a cesarean for a suspected [...]
Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hospital-Birth, Natural Birth, tagged l&d-nurse, nurses on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The more births I attend as a doula, the more I see the impact a nurse can have on a mother’s birth.
First I would like to say most of the nurses are GREAT! I love L & D nurses. But sometimes a nurse just doesn’t mesh with a mom or her desires. Sometimes a nurse [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged fight-for-vbac on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This mom had to fight for her right to birth vaginally in her hospital. It is unfortunate that she had to litterally fight, but I am so proud of her. It shows how some care providers try to emotionally manipulate their patients to do what they want. It also shows how in the end it is [...]
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, ICAN, tagged Cesarean, ICAN, cesarean-prevention on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
There are certainly times when a cesarean is life saving. But too many times in today’s births many cesareans are not medically necessary. Why does this matter? Isn’t all that is important is a healthy baby and mom?
This video touches on the risks of cesarean for mom and baby. It also gives great ideas on [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
V called me at 4:30AM to tell me she was having PW every 5 -10 minutes, since about 2:30. She had showered and was moving around to make sure they stayed consistent. Did I think she should head in to the hospital? We talked a little bit more, she was worried she would get sent [...]
Posted in Childbirth Education, Doula, tagged guest post on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Bellies and Babies
I would love to get in my church and teach the young girls about the beauty of birth. Sadly, my attempts to do so have been met with resistance, because the leaders are worried the parents will be bothered by it.
I was going to wait to post this link until I [...]
Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, tagged water-birth, midwife, homebirth, orange-county-birth on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You may remember this mom. G was one of my students, whose OB told her scary things which were all about the routines he did to EVERYONE (episiotomy, pitocin, etc), she changed to a homebirth midwife soon before her birth. I got a phone message from her on a trip saying what a great birth [...]
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