I added the ICAN link at the end of Devon’s birth story, because recovering from a Cesarean is interesting. There is the purely physical aspect of recovering from major abdominal surgery. Then the emotional aspect really colors the whole experience. Depending on what kind of birth you had hoped for, depending on the reason for […]
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I can hardly believe that Devon was born almost a year ago. The time has really flown by. When I remember his birth, I have such a mixture of emotions. Disappointment, that I missed out on a normal pregnancy, that I didn’t even come close to a natural birth. Fear, that I almost lost him
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Devon turns 10 today. January 2, 1998 The scariest day of my life…. and the happiest day of my life. A day that changed my life forever. I became a mother that day, but in reality I became a mother months before when I conceived my first baby, Devon. I guess I really became a mother
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Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by, Jennifer Block Wow, what a book! When I read books from the library, I put little slips of paper on the pages I want to go back and look at. You should see my book; there is easily over 20 pieces of paper sticking
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Wed. before Thanksgiving day. I had an appt and was 4 cm and 50%. The Dr offered to strip my membranes, but baby was still high so I said no. So Thanksgiving day, we were in our hometown for family stuff, and we’d decided to pack as though I could go into labor since we’d
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Cesarean rates are at an all time high and no one in the medical community or women’s groups seem to care. But there are women who DO care! I am one of them. In the next weeks I will be posting some articles I have been working on regarding worries and fears and how these
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How can you find the best care provider for your birth? Well, a lot of this depends on what kind of birth you want to have. How can you know what kind of birth you want to have? 1. Take an independent childbirth class. (outside of the hospital system) Here you will learn about all
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Mauro’s Birth Mauro is 11 weeks old and I am just now getting around to writing his birth story. He has needed a lot more help adjusting to the world than his older sister did, and I also have had problems with breastfeeding and my breasts, including thrush, and we are just now settling in
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I am grateful for: My husband who supports me as I live a life with this passion for birth. He didn’t mind that I was gone for 57 hours out of 62 consecutive hours 3 days last month, as a doula for 2 long induction births. He listens to me talk about birth things all
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Written by Dale Bernucca, Childbirth Educator and Doula, with input from other childbirth educators at www.independentchildbirth.com.Childbirth Educators and Doulas have permission to share this article with their students/clients, as long as the author and website are cited. Support: sup·port (s -pôrt , -p rt ) tr.v. sup·port·ed, sup·port·ing, sup·ports To bear the weight of, especially from
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They are not used wisely. I thought of this when at the last birth I attended as a doula, the OB says, “You have fallen off the ‘curve’ of typical labor progression. ” Referring to the bell curve of the length of typical stages of birth, developed by Emanual Friedman. He is horrified on how that
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Birth by Tina Cassidy Who is the intended audience of this book? Care providers of pregnant women… if they actually take time to read it, the may learn something. Women of childbearing age or younger or anyone in their families…. DO NOT read this book It is scary to read and starting with the first
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I was so excited to go to Belly Sprout, in Fullerton to see the Business of Being Born. I had heard good reviews of it and I love birth, so it seemed obvious I would love this film. Belly Sprout is a great little space, with natural items for babies and moms, with room in
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