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Jake's Birth Story: A Hypnobabies VBAC

My Hypnobabies VBAC success story I had been having contractions almost every night while working at the computer, but any…

16 years ago

Cesarean Prevention Video

[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…

16 years ago

Birth and Faith Survey

I created a survey to look at if and how someone's faith could effect their birth.  Please take a few…

17 years ago

Emotional Aspects of Being a Doula

The Trust Birth Conference was very interesting.  It was fun talking with other doulas there.  We had one group discussion…

17 years ago

Long Back to Back Births

The end of  2007 I attended two very long births back to back.  Out of 63 hours I was gone…

17 years ago

April is Cesarean Awareness Month

I have had a cesarean with my first baby.  It was a medical emergency and I feel that it saved…

17 years ago

Why is she choosing a Cesarean?

 This post is NOT about medically necessary cesareans, there are certainly times when choosing a cesarean is obviously the best…

17 years ago

Talking to a mom planning a cesarean

 When I find out someone is planning a cesarean, I start by asking, "Why?"  It helps that I can say,…

17 years ago

Is Education Enough?

This post is somewhat prompted by reading a blog entry about how it bugs this mom when people say educate…

17 years ago

Emotional and Physical Recovery from my Cesarean…

I added the ICAN link at the end of Devon's birth story, because recovering from a Cesarean is interesting.   There…

17 years ago

Devon's Cesarean Birth – 10 years later

Devon turns 10 today. January 2, 1998 The scariest day of my life.... and the happiest day of my life. …

17 years ago

Pushed by Jennifer Block

Pushed:  The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by, Jennifer Block Wow, what a book!  When I read…

17 years ago

Thanksgiving – What am I grateful for?

I am grateful for: My husband who supports me as I live a life with this passion for birth.  He…

17 years ago

The problem with "great ideas"

        They are not used wisely.   I thought of this when at the last birth I attended as a doula, the…

17 years ago

Business of Being Born Movie Review

I was so excited to go to Belly Sprout, in Fullerton to see the Business of Being Born.  I had…

17 years ago

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