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Long Back to Back Births

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Doula, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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, [...]

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50 Ways to Birth More Safely

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, Home-Birth, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, Midwives, Natural Birth, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged , on March 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »

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Sad article about doulas in the New York Times

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Doula, Hospital-Birth, Hypnobabies, Natural Birth, VBAC, tagged , , on March 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »

 Here is the article.  Here is my response.
This is really a shame that this mom had a negative experiences with her doula.  My role as a doula is to support the mom in whatever SHE wants.  This isn’t MY birth, it is HERS!  I would NEVER leave a mother during her birthing time, no matter [...]

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Inductions Part 1

Posted in Birth, Cesarean, Childbirth Education, Doula, ICAN, Pregnancy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2008 | 6 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 [...]

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The top 10: Reasons Why I Moderate the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group

Posted in Birth, Birth Stories, Childbirth Education, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, Natural Birth, tagged on February 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Here I am on vacation, checking e-mails and blogging.  I am the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group Moderator.  It probably takes me about 1 hour a day on average to be in charge of that group.  Well maybe 5 hours a week, there are not as many messages on the weekend.  I do not get paid for [...]

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Care providers of birthing mothers…

Posted in Birth, Birth Care Provider, Birth Stories, Choose Wisely, Doula, Hospital-Birth, ICAN, VBAC, tagged , , , on February 2, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Why, why, why must you try to scare moms?  Why can’t you just say “It’s hospital policy”, or give them pros and cons rationally, then let the mom decide.  Why lie to them?  Why bully them?  Why treat them like they are a stupid child? It really is starting to make me MAD! 
I am [...]

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Do you feel disconnected to your birth using hypnosis?

Posted in Birth, Hypnobabies, Hypnosis and Childbirth, Natural Birth, tagged on January 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This is a common concern of moms interested in using hypnosis for childbirth.  They wonder if they will just be zoned out on a bed and not aware of what is going on. 
The easy answer is NO, but read on for more details.  One of the great things about the Hypnobabies program is that [...]

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