I love to help parents learn more so that they can enjoy their births. I do this by teaching Hypnobabies classes to expecting couples and I am a birth doula for my students who want support during their births. I also do this by blogging here at Enjoy Birth! I am excited to join in […]
31 Days to Enjoy Your Birth Read More »
Zia May’s HypnoBabies Birth Feb. 4th, 2010 About a month and a half before giving birth to my then genderless child, I wrote a note that I called my Manifest List which I slept with in my pillow case. This list covered all of the characteristics that I hoped for my child to have, and
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I knew before summer even began that it would fly by. I was right. Meeting the GOGL girls The end of June I finally got to meet all The Gift of Giving Life Girls and it was wonderful. You can read about that here. They are amazing women and it was so great to meet
Been a Busy Fun Summer – Slowing Down on Blogging Read More »
I am getting some interest and feedback from Hoag nurses about a post I did over 2 years ago. A Tale of Two OC Hospitals. A Mom commented that Hoag has a 98% epidural rate. A nurse said this: I am an RN at Hoag Labor and Delivery, and our patients are all educated
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I should never buy pants/skirts without pockets. I prefer having my phone in my pocket at all times. I worry I won’t hear it if it is in my purse. It makes me go to bed earlier… or at least makes me think I should go to bed earlier! A 2 AM call for
Things I had Forgotten About Being On Call Read More »
The last birth I attended was in September. It was a lovely birth and I knew it was going to be my last one for awhile. It was going to be a busy/crazy school year I didn’t think I could add the uncertainty of being on call on top of all the boys activiites and
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Last year was an amazing year for me. I did a lot of growing and letting go too. I started 2011 with 52 goals. I achieved most of them, I usually do achieve my goals. But I was very frantic about it. It wasn’t done with intention and love, rather with urgency and hyper-focus, with
A Year with NO Goals? Read More »
My friend Brittany wrote a post I loved. Stop the Whirl:I want to get Off! I already talked about it in reference to birth in another post. This time I am going to post about how birth is like stopping the world for me. But it doesn’t take a carnival ride to bring this memory
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I am super busy crazy with TOO much stuff. Here is a list of what I have on my plate until the middle of November. I have recently finished some things. Said No to somethings too. Business ongoing Hypnobabies Blog ongoing Hypnobabies Yahoo Group ongoing Enjoy Birth Blog ongoing Teach Hypnobabies Weekly DONE Gift of
I Am Going to Say No, Even to Things I Love! Read More »
This is a Guest Post by Michelle! My third birth story begins where my second birth ends. Our first two births were very similar. We followed the preferred standard of care for our local hospital including scheduled induction, artificial rupture of membranes, pitocin, epidural and episiotomy. Our first pregnancy was filled with many questions and
Fighting with Nurses during birth, doesn’t ruin this moms birth! Read More »
