Click here to read Angela’s Birth Story and see some great pictures. Angela’s Birth – Sheridan’s Version I had the pleasure of meeting Angela at a park day. She was pregnant and new to the area, so I asked if she needed an OB referral. She said she did homebirth and needed midwife referrals. You […]
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I found a lovely new blog by a midwife. The first post I read by her was titled Vita Mutari which means life transformation and it is what she wants to call pressure waves now. Because who can tell anyone what it feels like, they feel different for everyone, but are powerful and life changing!
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(This is the fourth in a series of e-mails Angela, posted on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group in December. I will be posting them here approximately on the dates she sent them in December so you can see the steps she took to try to create the ideal birth for her. It required a lot of
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(This is the third in a series of e-mails Angela, posted on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group in December. I will be posting them here approximately on the dates she sent them in December so you can see the steps she took to try to create the ideal birth for her. It required a lot of
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(This is the second in a series of e-mails Angela, posted on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group in December. I will be posting them here approximately on the dates she sent them in December so you can see the steps she took to try to create the ideal birth for her. It required a lot of
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I met Angela at a park day. She was pregnant and new to the area. I asked if she needed any referrals to OBs. She said she needed referrals for a midwife as she was planning another home birth. I knew right away we would be great friends! She ended up taking my Hypnobabies class
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If you are a midwife, doula, childbirth educator, nurse, etc Do you ever give gifts to your clients? How much would you be willing to spend on a cute gift? [polldaddy poll=1998848]
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I finished reading Your Best Birth: Know All Your Options by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein. I mostly really loved the book. (I will put the only drawback I found at the end.) Through most of the book I was thinking, this is exactly what I would say if I wrote a birth book! I love
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(I haven’t forgotten about the give away. I should have the winner announced in a day or so!) I hadn’t had a birth since June of ’08. For a lot of different reasons. Lots of family trips, DH was SO busy working and the June birth was an emergency cesarean at 34 weeks and frankly hit
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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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Some moms may wonder why I posted about inductions and the risks and questions to ask, etc. Would a care provider suggest something if it is not really medically necessary? If so, why? I think that depends a lot on the care provider and this is why I encourage moms in my class to TALK to
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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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There are care providers who try to scare their patients into cesareans because their pelvis is too small. I know there are different types of pelvises. Regardless of the type a mom should be able to have a vaginal birth, if she is well supported and allowed to find positions that feel right to her body! I just
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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