15 years ago today doing kick counts saved the life of my baby. Thing 1 was born at 34 weeks because I noticed he wasn’t moving and when I went in to get things checked out, they found he was under distress. Less than an hour later my sweet baby was born via emergency cesarean. […]
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When you drive around with www.enjoybirth.com on the back of your van you get a lot of questions about what you do! So I get to talk about being a birth doula to people every day. In todays podcast I explain what a birth doula does and why you should take the time to learn
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The following are excerpts from my journal Thursday-Friday – warning loss mentioned. Thursday – Attend and amazing birth Up at 5:45. I am going to the Rikki Lake show with Angela today. I woke up to some bright blood. Hopefully it will slow to spotting again. Today is packed, but maybe tomorrow I will call
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The following are excerpts from my journal Monday-Wednesday – warning loss mentioned. Rob didn’t want to tell anyone I was pregnant, but I knew I had to tell Angela and Valerie. They were the ones that inspired me to do this. I was planning on telling them Wednesday night, as we had a girls night
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I have been on quite the journey… My “baby” Thing turned 7 years old last month. I have been struggling for years as to whether or not we were “done”. I love babies and would have more, but DH wasn’t really interested in having another baby. I didn’t “feel” a baby waiting, so I didn’t
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I had read about blessingways in my book The Gift of Giving Life. I had never been to one, but thought it was such a beautiful idea. A celebration of the mom as she journeys towards birthing her new baby. I had the opportunity to help co-host 2 different blessingways in August for 2 dear
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If I gave you nothing but a handful of seeds and a patch of ground, you could probably find a way to plant them and they would probably grow. But if I gave you a shovel and watering can it would make your work much easier—and much more enjoyable. In the same way, the more
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I just shared a potentially scary story about how my first baby’s life was in jeopardy in utero, but doing kick counts saved his life. I don’t want you to be scared or full of fear about my experience. I love what Gavin De Becker says about fear: “Worry is the fear we
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So how can you harness your intuition? There have been books written about the subject, but let me share an experience from early in my mothering career that showed me how intuition can be lifesaving. I was on bedrest starting at 25 weeks with my first baby. I lay there every day and
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Learning to follow your intuition is imperative in building your trust in your body’s ability to birth. Education is important—it will help you know the options you have and the pros and cons of each one. But when it comes down to making the choices before, during and after your birth, your intuition is the
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I’ve been sharing how important it is to let only positive messages about birth into your mind. It is easy to turn off a TV show. It can be more challenging to stop friends and strangers from telling scary stories. But, you can ask them to stop if they start. Explain that your baby can
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Step #1 to trusting your body and baby is – take in positive messages about birth The images we compile in our heads have a profound impact on how we prepare for and look forward to (or dread) our birth experiences. The more positive the images are, the less stressed we’ll be during pregnancy and
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My name is Sheridan. I have been a Childbirth Educator and Birth Doula since 2006. I teach Hypnobabies Childbirth Classes every week and attend one to two births a month as a doula. I support hundreds of expecting moms all over the world by moderating the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. I am also creating an online
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I was so excited to hear that Ricki Lake was having a new talk show. Being a doula I get all the birthy information and needs for pregnant moms. I got an e-mail they were looking for pregnant moms planning a waterbirth and I hooked my friend Angela up with them. She has been
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One of our Hypnobabies Instructors shared this >>>>> PregTASTIC has come out with another wonderful podcast! The topic is “What procedures can you refuse in the hospital.” Before I starting listening I was bracing myself for a lot of misinformation. Imagine my delight when the first thing the OB said was “first of all, as
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