I have a few spots left in my Hypnobabies Class starting April 28th. This is a wonderful childbirth education series that covers all the important pregnancy and birthing information AND includes hypnosis tools to help you have a more comfortable and enjoyable birth. If you are an expecting mom in Orange County, CA and are […]
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I got this book Placenta: The Gift of Life by Cornelia Enning off the Midwifery Today website when ordering the Midwifery Today magazine. (Highly recommended by my friends at Independent Childbirth, the magazine that is) Well, I am pretty enthralled with placentas. I think they are so amazing and thought the book sounded interesting. It
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I created a survey to look at if and how someone’s faith could effect their birth. Please take a few minutes to fill it out! It should only take about 5 minutes. Click Here to take survey If you took a Hypnosis for Childbirth course and want to do a survey regarding your experiences with
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The Trust Birth Conference was very interesting. It was fun talking with other doulas there. We had one group discussion and someone talked about how our work as Doula’s can be effected by our births. It made me think of my 2 cesareans I have attended as a doula. I always was nervous how supporting
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The end of 2007 I attended two very long births back to back. Out of 63 hours I was gone 57. I was home for a few hours of sleep between them. I missed my 2 year olds birthday and honestly I don’t know where my boys were during that whole time. I wasn’t worried,
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I have had a cesarean with my first baby. It was a medical emergency and I feel that it saved my baby’s life. Baby was not OK and needed to be born NOW. I am grateful for living today when this medical intervention is possible. I have had 2 VBACs. They were normal births, baby
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Well, some may not like to be called little. Here are my 3 boys. We went to the Zoo on Saturday and they wore their Thing shirts that Nana got them at Universal Studios. We got so many comments about the shirts. Especially when DH had Thing 2 and I had Thing 1 and 3.
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I have had 2 moms who were going to have their babies at any time for the past few weeks. They also happen to be good friends, so I really wanted to make sure I made it to both births! Birth 1 – hospital birth S. was having her 4th baby. She had never gone past
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It was amazing and wonderful and fun! I probably have 10 blog entries worth of things to talk about. So this will just be an overview. I got to room with Michelle and Celesta, midwives from San Diego. They were so great! I am so looking forward to Alison’s birth, Michelle is her midwife and
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A lot of moms are getting this from their care providers. They say one thing and then as their birthing time draws near, they change their tune. I love this blog post about it. If this happens to you, know it is never too late to change care providers! If you choose to stay, then
One of my goals this year was to go to this conference. I will be there on Friday. There are really going to be the most amazing topics and people there. I am SO excited. When I was picking out my topics I kept telling DH all my choice. I said, “Honey, there is a
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Here is the article. Here is my response. This is really a shame that this mom had a negative experiences with her doula. My role as a doula is to support the mom in whatever SHE wants. This isn’t MY birth, it is HERS! I would NEVER leave a mother during her birthing time, no
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As usual this is not meant as medical advice. This is just information with a lot of links so you can do more research! Then make the best decision for yourself! Everyone wonders why the cesarean rate is so high, I think a huge reason is all of the inductions happening today. Over 40 %
5 Good reasons for an Induction 1. Pre-eclampsia/Toxemia – This can be a serious risk to mom and baby. You just want to be sure it is really pre-eclampsia and not just a few elevated blood pressure read. There are many different things a care provider will look at. Before agreeing to an induction you
Alison’s homebirth midwife and assistant came over today. The whole birth team gathered together, so Dan, Grandma (who will be watching Abby) and I (as doula) was there too. It was lovely. I am so looking forward to this birth. It will be the first homebirth I attend! The midwife, Michelle was great. She really
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