This is part of my Wondering About Series. Feel free to e-mail any questions you are wondering about to sheridan AT enjoybirth DOT com. I want to be a doula and I’m nervous about seeing things I disagree with or that seem like unnecessary interventions happening in a hospital. How do you manage that? This […]
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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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Click here to read Angela’s Birth Story and see some great pictures. Angela’s Birth – Sheridan’s Version I had the pleasure of meeting Angela at a park day. She was pregnant and new to the area, so I asked if she needed an OB referral. She said she did homebirth and needed midwife referrals. You
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First off – Thank Goodness for Back Up Doulas! I love my GAL Doula group. It is so great to be able to have each other. Friday Night/Saturday Morning The details of what I missed. Their baby turned posterior late Friday night. Lisa had back labor until she started pushing. Alison spent most of the
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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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Missy was my Hypnobabies Student and my 3rd Doula Client. (It was filmed over 3 years ago and I just got her footage and made a video for her. She said I could share it with the world!) I am so excited because I get to be her doula again in a few months. 🙂
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My DH and I were in Mexico to celebrate our 15th anniversary. It was wonderful. Grandma was here watching my 3 Things. I was sad to see that while I was gone I missed a rally to support Dr. Biter. Here is a recap via Rixa. Honestly I haven’t read it all. I have tons
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In honor of Cesarean Awareness Month. I would like to highlight the importance of choosing your birth location carefully. In this specific case I am talking about choosing between two hospitals. There are differences in hospitals and their policies and it can have a big impact on avoiding a cesarean! I actually have quite a
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Here are my 3 different experiences using EFT at births. 1. I went to my first birth as a doula at St. Joseph’s hospital. This is the hospital where I had my first baby, an emergency cesarean at 34 weeks and he spent 12 days in the NICU. I hadn’t been back to the hospital
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I had a Hypnobabies Student I really connected with and wanted to be at her birth, she wanted me there too. Let’s call her Jane. The problem? Her guess date fell during a time when I was going to be out of town. I had some other crazy things going on too and just
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This is the fourth of 4 posts. Each birth is unique and I don’t think of my doula clients as numbers by any means. But I am also fascinated by numbers, so I enjoy doing my stats each year. I am going to post my overall Doula and then Hypnobabies Students Stats. Then I will
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This is the third of 4 posts. Each birth is unique and I don’t think of my doulas as numbers by any means. But I am also fascinated by numbers, so I enjoy doing my stats each year. I am going to post my overall Doula and then Hypnobabies Students Stats. Then I will also
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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
