Something I learned early in my parenting experience was that babies get tired early. So early bedtimes are great for them AND for me! I love Elizabeth Pantley’s The No-Cry books, because she has such wonderful baby and kid friendly advice. But it also helps parents too! This excerpt is from The No-Cry Sleep Solution: […]
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Care providers can make or break a birth experience. Asking questions long before the birth can help you determine what they are wanting to do and what they are able to provide. I had a client who shared her birth plan, the OB balked and said, “Sounds like you want a midwife.” I saw this
I had heard of the Nestle boycott a few years ago. I learned more about it at the CAPPA Lactation Education Training this weekend. It made me want to learn more and join in the boycott. So you can imagine my joy when in my Google Reader there were some blog posts about a week
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I met Angela at a park day. She was pregnant and new to the area. I asked if she needed any referrals to OBs. She said she needed referrals for a midwife as she was planning another home birth. I knew right away we would be great friends! She ended up taking my Hypnobabies class
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In honor of my Lactation Education training weekend, here is a lovely breastfeeding story. The Princess and the Chick Pea Here is the deal, some nurses are AWESOME, they know tons about breastfeeding, have great tips and can offer wonderful support. Some nurses, don’t know much at all. Breastfeeding maybe scares them a little, because
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I am spending the weekend at a Lactation Education Training through CAPPA. I am down in Oceanside in a hotel enjoying the quiet and taking the time to update my blog. For 3 days I am learning about breastfeeding. My first day was great. The instructor is very engaging and we are doing a lot
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This is what really gets my goat. Moms being FORCED to have a cesarean even though they don’t want one. The even crazier thing, it would still be marked as an elective cesarean. I am glad this newspaper published this article and I hope this mom gets the VBAC she is fighting for!
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Do YOU deserve a medal? I am sure you do, because you do amazing things! If you are a new mom, then you definitely deserve a medal! In my quest to have a fun inexpensive gift for my doula clients, I have created a new website, Moms Deserve Medals with a special medal to give
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One of the benefits of having a birth blog is I get the chance to read a lot of birth books! I also have people sending me books to read. I love that. I recently finished reading Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth. It is about birth
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I am sharing this story of a birth I attended as a doula, with permission from the mom. Charlotte’s Birth Jennifer had a few weeks of pre-birth pressure waves, it was a bit surprising to us all when she kept getting closer and closer to her guess date, as her first daughter was born at
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I am so excited. I am going to be launching a new website with a fun gift for new moms in the next week or so. (More info and a give away coming soon!) I created a badge for my new site and then realized I need a badge for this blog! So I created
It doesn’t get any better than this! 🙂 Mariana was planning a VBA2C and used Hypnobabies to help prepare. She hired a doula and was planning to birth at a hospital 30 minutes away that allowed VBACs. Because she was so relaxed her doula didn’t realize she was so far along and they had to
Amazing VBA2C at hospital with VBAC ban! Read More »
What does a budgeting program have to do with birth? Well in some ways nothing, but really in life it can help a lot! For moms planning a home birth, having a budget can help them reach their goal. But I am really only posting about this on my birth blog, because I love it.
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Here is the link to part 1. Extra Fun Birth – I had attended Hannah’s Sister’s Birth a few months before and a lot of the same people were there, so it was like a reunion of sorts. I was so glad that I was able to attend Hannah’s birth! Being in Town – It
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This one is for you. How much would you spend on a gift? [polldaddy poll=1998882]
Moms: Gifts for Doulas and Midwives Read More »
