Arms Wide Open: A Midwife’s Journey by Patricia Harman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed this memoir of Patricia’s path to midwifery. It was fascinating reading about her life as a hippie completely living off the land. I loved seeing how she was guided into midwifery and the path that led her there. […]
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I had the opportunity to get a free sample of the Laselle Kegel Exercisers from Intimina to review. This may be the most interesting item I have reviewed so far on my blog. I understand the importance of a strong pelvic floor, but admit I am not the best at doing my Kegels, so I
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I am ending my series of funny/great things that I have experienced while teaching Hypnobabies with this story. I had a couple who signed up for my class, I did a Saturday series for them and another couple and it was so much fun. You can imagine my surprise when they came to class #3
I have some great friends. I love to hear what they think it is I do. Many have actually taken my Hypnobabies class. I would say in at least 80% of my classes I have had a friend or aquaintance as a student. But many of my friends don’t really get what I do. My
Blessed to have good friends- interesting what they think I do! Read More »
I usually teach Hypnobabies Classes on Monday nights in my husbands office. He is kind enough to let me use his conference room. Monday night is what works best for my family. But sometimes I have students who need a different night and if it works I can teach other times. This is why I
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I was SO excited when my friend Nikki got pregnant. There were so many reasons why it was so wonderful. She had been wanting this for 7 years. She was going to take my Hypnobabies Class She was going to have a VBAC She is just an awesome person and breastfeeding goddess (more on that
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last thing we do in almost each Hypnobabies class is a hypnosis script. All my parents were relaxing on the floor or on chairs and I was finishing up the script when I started to feel it. A small rumbling. I wasn’t sure if it was a big truck passing by (though it was after
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I love to teach Hypnobabies. I have the best “job” ever. I put that in quotes because I honestly love it so much I forget I get paid to do it. 🙂 Teaching Hypnobabies is the perfect way to share my love of birth with expecting parents. I have the best parents take my classes
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Back in the spring my two dear friends Valerie and Angela (I also happened to have been both of their doulas too) kept telling me about this amazing therapist they had found. She did deep tissue massage to you while doing talk therapy. They wanted me to go to her to “see if I had
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I don’t quite know how to say this and I am not sure how it will be received. Some of my IRL (in real life) friends LOVE this about me, but there are many who think it is really strange. Here you go – I am an energy healer. A few years ago I started
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I was excited to find out about a new photographer in my area. She just moved here from Arizona and is trying to get her name out there. So I did a trade. She gave me a discount on a photoshoot and I am letting you know about her. She also gave me a discount
New Orange County Photographer 30% off Coupon for my Readers! Read More »
Hypnobabies was so helpful in my VBAC. I know it may sound silly to use hypnosis, but I feel like it made a big difference in my birth experience. I never intended (or even wanted) to have a pain-free birthing experience. What I wanted was to clear my mind of the self-doubt that comes from
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4 AM ?!?! Wow, things were just moving right along! A little while later, I was resting between contractions and I started wondering if someone had turned off the pitocin again because I felt like several minutes had gone by without anything happening. Literally, as I was finishing this thought, I heard Nichole say (to
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Sat, 5/14/2011 – 40w5d About 12:10 AM, the nurse started my pitocin @ 2 milliunits. I was standing next to the bed when she did this (because sitting kept throwing off the monitors and, honestly, just wasn’t very comfortable) and instantly found myself leaning over the bed as a contraction hit me. The first two
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I want to start this year with an amazing VBAC birth story, shared by a mom on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. It is a few posts long, with great pictures. Enjoy! Wed, 5/11/2011 – 40w2d I noticed that “Waffle” was more active than usual as we watched TV and got ready for bed. I started
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