My Hypnobabies VBAC success story I had been having contractions almost every night while working at the computer, but any time I laid down they would stop. On Friday, Nov 16, it was the same thing, contractions every 5 minutes but if I laid on the couch they would stop. So finally at 11pm I […]
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[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=EZy0JPtubiQ] There are certainly times when a cesarean is life saving. But too many times in today’s births many cesareans are not medically necessary. Why does this matter? Isn’t all that is important is a healthy baby and mom? This video touches on the risks of cesarean for mom and baby. It also gives great
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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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This post is NOT about medically necessary cesareans, there are certainly times when choosing a cesarean is obviously the best choice, when the life of mom or baby is at stake. This is also is a total of 4 posts that go together, scroll down my blog for the rest! It is sometimes frustrating to see
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When I find out someone is planning a cesarean, I start by asking, “Why?” It helps that I can say, “I had a cesarean with my first baby. Why are you having one?” Then I listen to their reasons. I ask how they feel about having a cesarean. Some moms feel really good about it,
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This post is somewhat prompted by reading a blog entry about how it bugs this mom when people say educate yourself about birth, because she educated herself but still didn’t have a good birth experience. The birth environment today is not always accepting of normal births, so it can be a challenge to have one.
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I added the ICAN link at the end of Devon’s birth story, because recovering from a Cesarean is interesting. There is the purely physical aspect of recovering from major abdominal surgery. Then the emotional aspect really colors the whole experience. Depending on what kind of birth you had hoped for, depending on the reason for
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Devon turns 10 today. January 2, 1998 The scariest day of my life…. and the happiest day of my life. A day that changed my life forever. I became a mother that day, but in reality I became a mother months before when I conceived my first baby, Devon. I guess I really became a mother
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Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by, Jennifer Block Wow, what a book! When I read books from the library, I put little slips of paper on the pages I want to go back and look at. You should see my book; there is easily over 20 pieces of paper sticking
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I am grateful for: My husband who supports me as I live a life with this passion for birth. He didn’t mind that I was gone for 57 hours out of 62 consecutive hours 3 days last month, as a doula for 2 long induction births. He listens to me talk about birth things all
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They are not used wisely. I thought of this when at the last birth I attended as a doula, the OB says, “You have fallen off the ‘curve’ of typical labor progression. ” Referring to the bell curve of the length of typical stages of birth, developed by Emanual Friedman. He is horrified on how that
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I was so excited to go to Belly Sprout, in Fullerton to see the Business of Being Born. I had heard good reviews of it and I love birth, so it seemed obvious I would love this film. Belly Sprout is a great little space, with natural items for babies and moms, with room in
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