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
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There has been a big rumbling going through the internet about this topic. About doctors who encourage using pitocin until the baby is in distress. Some feel it is a way for OBs to create a need for a cesarean. Some feel it is a way to just get the babies out quicker so the OB
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(this is not meant as medical advice, this is to remind moms everywhere that you have rights…. choose to use them! Trust your body! Choose care givers who trust your body! Make educated decisions. Care providers give you information… you have to decipher it and choose how to use it, ask questions, get answers you
Have you heard that Miami’s cesarean rate is over 40%? That is SO crazy. There was an article in a paper of a mom who decided natural birth would be a way to help her avoid a cesarean. She used HypnoBirthing to help her prepare for her birth. Here is a link to her story.
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I love numbers. So I keep statistics of my student’s births and my doula clients births. (All of my doula clients have been my students) I love being a doula and going to births, sharing this amazing moment with these families! Here is a run down of 3 years of doulaing. I have had 19
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A mom who wants a VBAC and is frustrated by the lack of support she is getting, decided to write a Consent form for OB’s which if they read, they would see how wrong they are! Please go check it out, it is really brilliant.
I need to write a whole blog post about my pushing. When I was birthing Bryson and my husband was filming it, I never though it would end up on You Tube! My DH didn’t want the whole thing out there, so I cut that out of the You Tube version. I do show the
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7Y_DnC_kA] I entered into the Birth Matters Video Contest. If you can watch and then go and rate it. Leave a comment too! I love to share the joy of hypnosis for birth. 🙂
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This is from the wonderful Independent Childbirth birth community I belong to! Which is a wonderfully supportive group of Childbirth Educators who teach independently (visit website to find out more!) We are holding a cyber event *** International Birth Wisdom Week*** next week. We would love all birth or Mommy bloggers to join! All you
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This is the THIRD time I have had 2 back to back births. I have been praying for the last few weeks. Just give me a good night sleep between each birth. While I believe in the power of prayer (very much) you would think by now I would know that for some reason praying
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S. called me on Friday morning to say that she had an OB appointment that morning. Dr. T. checked her and said she was 4 cm, so she needed to go to the hospital to have the baby. We talked a bit about why. I asked if she was having pressure waves. She said she
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I found a new L&D nurses blog which I am really loving. She has a great post of the Top 8 ways to have an unnecessary cesarean. She added one to a different list of Top 7 ways to have an unnecessary cesarean. I loved these lists, but looking at my students who have
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I read an interesting post at At Your Cervix Blog. It is so interesting to read the inside scoop on what is happening on L&D floors from the nurse’s perspective. I had a woman that had the slowest, most drawn our labor and poor contraction pattern. Of course, she had a cut happy MD who
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(I haven’t forgotten about the give away. I should have the winner announced in a day or so!) I hadn’t had a birth since June of ’08. For a lot of different reasons. Lots of family trips, DH was SO busy working and the June birth was an emergency cesarean at 34 weeks and frankly hit
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Repost from last year! Happy 1st Birthday to Superman and PJ! 🙂 Thanks for a fun crazy few hours. I have had 2 moms who were going to have their babies at any time for the past few weeks. They also happen to be good friends, so I really wanted to make sure I made
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