There is nothing more exciting than to recieve a book in the mail, except recieving a BIRTH book in the mail. I got it on Friday and had finished the book by Sunday. The Labor of Love was written by Cara Muhlhahn, was the midwife who is shown in the movie, The Business of Being Born. It […]
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I was fighting off a cold all week long. I was still able to do all the mom things I had to do. I attended a Baby Shower Wed. night, Karate graduation Thursday night, Blue and Gold Dinner Friday night. I was exhausted, but did it all. I fell into bed Friday night, thinking if
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This is an important reason why you should talk to your care provider about how they feel about un-medicated births. I love to read Rebirth’s Blog. She works on the L&D floor. In this post she says what happens to a mom who is wanting to go un-medicated. So water now broken, woman happy but
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I am so excited, after a self-imposed 6 month break from doulaing, I have 2 and maybe soon 3 clients. 1 was one of my Hypnobabies students and she is having a homebirth. I am SO excited for that. I love being a doula at homebirths. There is such a neat feeling at them. 1
Private screening of Orgasmic Birth Followed by a panel of birth professionals November 11th, 2008 6:00 pm Regency Rancho Laguna Niguel 8 Rancho Niguel Road in Laguna Niguel A fundraiser for CABO (Community Alliance for Birth Options) Advance purchase: $20/individual; $35/couple. Tickets at the door: $25. Students: $10/individual with school ID
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I was honored to have Hope and her husband in my Hypnobabies Class. They used my doula partner Cindy as their doula and had a great birth! – Sheridan Here is Hope’s story of Lincoln’s birth I would like to preface my birth story by just saying I had been dilating for 3 weeks with
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A very interesting post about Evan Handler (actor) and how his advocating for himself during his fight with leukemia saved his life many times. His girlfriend also was there by his side watching out for him too. He had a lot of near misses, with wrong medication, forging his doctors signature on things. Crazy, but
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I was excited to see Hypnobabies talked about on National TV. I wish they had time to share some more information. I actually have met that couple at one of my monthly Hypnobabies Open House I co-host with other Hypnobabies Doulas. They shared their beautiful birth story and slide show. I was disappointed to see
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I am getting a lot done. I will hopefully be a bit more attentive to my blog now. I miss them during the day. I still have Bryson around, but he misses the big boys too. Bryson actually started preschool today. My baby is growing so big! I don’t have any doula clients due currently.
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Devon, my first was born by emergency cesarean at 34 weeks. As a doula I have worried about how my client’s cesareans would effect me. I wrote about it in my post Emotional Aspects of Being a Doula. It is amazing to see how the Lord has eased me into my client’s cesareans. The first
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This is a question my husband had when I wanted to hire a doula for Bryson’s birth. I reassured him they didn’t. When we met with Alison and talked with her about her role, he felt much better about it. Then after the birth he wondered why we didn’t have one for each birth? He
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Great VBAC HypnoBirthing Story A hospital had it’s first waterbirth and it happened to be a VBAC mom!
There is a new study of the benefits of doulas out. It has some pretty impressive results. Of interest to me regarding cesareans: Mom’s with doula’s had a 13.4% cesarean rate vs 25% of moms without doulas. Mom’s who were induced also had a lower cesarean rate than those without a doula. Mom’s induced with
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I am glad I do not have a mom due right now. B has been sick since Thursday. I brought him in today and he has an ear infection and a throat infection. No wonder he has been so miserable. We got some medication, so hopefully he will be better soon. I did get a
