I love all of Elizabeth Pantley’s books. Now she has a new one! The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution From the time that babies become aware of the world around them they begin to form important relationships with the people in their lives. They quickly learn that certain people are vital to their happiness and their […]
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I have to explain how I know Alison. I read Alison’s HypnoBirthing birth story online somewhere and saw she is an author. She actually lived in my town and was happy to come to book clubs to talk. As I belong to 3 book clubs (crazy I know) I decided to read her books and
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My midwife called me today and told me that the doctor agreed that I didn’t need to see them because I seemed very informed. Surprisingly, the doctor said she was very impressed with my letter!! lol Well I’m glad it’s sorted. I can now focus on my stress-free pregnancy. Sheridan says: “WOOHOO for moms being
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My friend Tara is an amazing photographer. She has taken most of the pictures on my websites. She had a contest and look at the winner for just be amazed! By Sarah Field Photography I LOVE it! Amazed indeed. 🙂
Pushing seems to be something moms have lots of questions about. I love this post on Science and Sensibility’s Blog – It has posts from many different birth bloggers about pushing. Have your questions answered here!
This looks like a lovely film, showing the way doulas support and empower moms during birth! I hope they also show a doula in a hospital setting too. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRc36qMxNak&]
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Christa is a very well informed expecting mom on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. She felt the request for her to do a Gestational Diabetes Test was not warranted. Here is the letter she wrote to her group. Come back next week as I share the response to her letter! I thought that this might be
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Some doulas don’t like the word client. Joni, from Mexico calls them gorditas – little round women. I often call them my moms. But it sure confuses my friends when I say, “My mom is having her baby today.” It is also confusing because I have students and clients, but they all hold the same
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Cindy – Mom of 5, doula for 6 years Sheridan, this e-book is a perfect tool to help expecting parents! It is precise and to the point, avoiding information overload, while giving mom’s information that should be researched further. I will be posting on my social networking sites as well as sharing with my doula
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I have been thinking about the very diverse reactions to 2 different birth stories. Giselle VS Kourtney Both had positive birth experiences. Giselle talked about hers and People SAW Kourtney’s. Was there a difference in their responses? YES! People were much more doubtful and even critical of what Giselle said. It is interesting how when
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I am in the process of making an updated birth video for Hypnobabies Instructors to share in their classes. I have been working on it since October, but the last week I have made some serious headway. Tanya – homebirth – done Angela – homebirth – done Sheridan (me) -hospital birth – almost done –
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I picked these hospitals out of the California List, because they are the ones my doula clients go to. They do not surprise me. The hospital I recommend to all my moms is Saddleback. It is the most NCB friendly and have policies that are set in place to help it have low interventions. (for
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I probably shouldn’t have favorites. But I will say when I read this review, it made me cry. This was exactly why I wrote the book, to support ALL moms! Not just ones wanting a homebirth or even natural birth. ALL moms deserve to enjoy their births and I wanted ALL moms to benefit from
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Well, maybe it isn’t surprising to us that if 90% of U.S. women breastfed their babies for the first 6 months of their lives that over 900 babies lives would be saved, not to mention Billions of dollars. What is startling is that we haven’t been using this information earlier to help increase the number
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I think the 5th Healthy Birth Practice, is easy to do at a homebirth. For one reason, there are no stupid stirrups! Also typically (though not always) most homebirth midwives trust that mom can birth her baby. Avoid giving birth on your back and follow your body’s urges to push, is easy to do at
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