photo credit: SantaRosa OLD SKOOL The New York Times had an article his week: Majority of Cesareans done before labor It looked at a study by Dr. Zhang. Dr. Zhang was surprised that 1/3 of first time moms were having cesareans. It has been thought that one reason the cesarean rate was so high was […]
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The OC ICAN chapter is closing down, unless there is a passionate mom out there willing to head it! Here is an e-mail I got from a woman whose birth was wonderfully affected by ICAN of OC Hey Sheridan, you and I met at a Hypnobabies open house at Carole’s back in Aug/Sept 08 –
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One of my favorite L&D Nurses blog recently posted about how many cesarean moms they had recovering in postpartum. Over 50%. Wow, that is so sad. She also wondered would the ACOG new announcement really make any difference? I am here to tell you that for one mom it DID! At my 36 week appointment
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I just got an e-mail from Mama Seoul about a VBAC she attended as a doula/friend. My friend just had a Home Water Birth After Inverted T Cesarean at my house on Saturday. She listened to Hypnobabies Easy First Stage for like 35 hours and the Pushing Track for about half of her long pushing
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Support may be a bit to strong, but they have lowered their restrictions on it and even say that in certain cases VBA2C should be tried. Attempting a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is a safe and appropriate choice for most women who have had a prior cesarean delivery, including for some women who have
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Katrina, a mom from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group sent in her amazing birth story. She was pregnant with a breech baby, who just didn’t want to turn. Luckily she found a midwife who was trained to catch vaginal breech babies. She ended up having a nice, fast birth. It was definitely a fast ride. But
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This is the story of my fastest birth I’ve attended as a doula. (Not the fastest from me arriving to baby being born, but the fastest birthing time for mom from first pressure wave to birth of baby) Midnight: J. wakes up to use the bathroom. She notices she is having pressure waves. They get
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Getting my VBAC was very dramatic until the actual birth. Click here to read her birth story! The actual birth was very simple, easy and almost completely painless. It was very manageable and I never doubted I could do it during my birthing time thanks to my preparations and Hypnobabies. My story is a great
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That isn’t really exactly true, the cesareans don’t create them, however they have found that babies born vaginally have better bacteria then those born by cesarean. I loved this article from the News and Science Report on Baby’s First Bacteria Depend on Birth Route A new survey finds that babies born via cesarean section had
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I was so happy to get my copy of Voices: VBAC Women Share Their Journey by Kelly Caldwell. I love how it starts out with “Just the Facts” about VBAC’s. Kelly does a great job laying out the risks of having a VBAC and the risks of having a repeat cesarean in a very factual
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This is an AWESOME post covering the topic and sharing this video, showing it being done! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuu8UEXzVQ0&] I love the story told at the end of the blog post, about a mom freaking out after a cesarean that her baby was in her and now needed to be ON her. The anesthesiologist was going to
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6AM Saturday Morning I wake up and immediately check my phone – no text. Ok, maybe no news is good news? I text Alison for an update. 7:45 AM Saturday We are driving to the airport and I get a text! Lisa is starting to push!!! Whoo Hooo! I assume I will get a text
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5:30 AM Friday We “woke up” and everyone took showers. We ate breakfast (snuck some to Lisa so she would have the energy she needed.) We met OB #2 and got a new nurse. Lisa and Ryan were ready to start some pitocin. That was started by 9:30 AM. It is upped nice and slowly
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Lisa and Ryan hired me as their doula, knowing I was heading out of town when she was 41 weeks. She picked Alison as her back up doula, just in case she hadn’t birthed yet. She is a first time mom, so we knew it was totally possible I may miss the birth. 7 AM
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I want to point out that as I compare these two births right now, I am not judging these moms choices. They each made the best choices for them and their babies along the way. I am just looking at how different hospitals policies and care providers attitudes can have a big affect on the
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