Posted in Birth, Doula, Pregnancy, tagged Labor and Delivery Nurse, nurses on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The more I read from L&D nurses blogs, the more I realize they are so torn. Of course they want the mom to have a great birth, but they are also beholden to the hospital and the staff over them. Sometimes it is hard to keep everyone happy.
When you go to the hospital you do [...]
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, 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 Pregnancy, tagged Pregnancy rash, PUPPS on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
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Homeopathic remedy called Apis Melifica 30C
Posted in Birth, Pregnancy, tagged house, hypnosis, Hypnosis and Childbirth, oprah on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oprah had Dr. Brian Weiss on her show yesterday. He’s a psychologist who uses hypnosis in his practice. He’s also the author of “Many Lives, Many Masters” which tells the story of the first of his patient’s to spontaneously experience a past life regression while in hypnosis. Dr. Weiss didn’t believe in past lives prior [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Birth, Doula, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, tagged Hypnosis and Childbirth, painless-childbirth on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirth by Guiditta Tornetta is available today on Amazon! It was written by a wonderful doula in the LA area and she understands the power of hypnosis for childbirth and this book is all about that!
Very inspiring and informational.
Right now the #1 Pregnancy and Childbirth Book on [...]
Posted in Birth, Childbirth Education, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, tagged Childbirth Education, orange county, Hypnobabies-Class on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I have a few spots left in my Hypnobabies Class starting April 28th. This is a wonderful childbirth education series that covers all the important pregnancy and birthing information AND includes hypnosis tools to help you have a more comfortable and enjoyable birth.
If you are an expecting mom in Orange County, CA and are interested [...]
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