Preparing For Birth

So let’s chat about childbirth education. Of the reported 30% of expecting parents who attend childbirth classes the majority go to the hospital where the birth is planned instead of seeking out independent options. I want to challenge you to think about how strange that is. Does it make sense that the information presented will [...]

Picture this: An expectant mother is preparing for the birth of her baby. She chooses the care provider her friend, co-worker or family member recommended, she is reading the most popular books on pregnancy and birth (she doesn’t know there are any others to choose from – everyone is reading these), she cannot help herself [...]

Yes you DO want to avoid a cesarean whenever possible. Cesarean is MAJOR surgery. It is not just another way to give birth. Both women and babies are well designed to give birth often never needing intervention of any type. Cesarean can be a life-saving technique and used well for some serious medical conditions, including [...]

Sisterhood of the Scar Seems a long distance the ivory tower to the ground. The surprise in finding the thorny bushes with burrs that dig deep and puncture again at will? Well meaning onlookers say “Well a hundred years ago you both would have died?” And the farce begins. Stuff it down because it is [...]

Ah the joys of video and the web…. http://youtube.com/watch?v=roFVkDV45MM Question CPDhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=2dRF4RtdJdo 1 in 3http://youtube.com/watch?v=lfoR0fAUD34 Becky’s Birthhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=Am0aykTPL2M&feature=related My Unnecesareanhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=aQd0hPHWOlQ&feature=related My HBA2Chttp://youtube.com/watch?v=3lYAKu8k_T0&feature=related A Birth Storyhttp://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/view_shared?p=2a4e81fbf0f66accb8afce HBA3C These are REAL women and families. This is a very real way our current birth climate takes a toll every minute, every hour, every day, every week, the ripple has become [...]

These days political correctness seems to rule the world (at least the United States). We have become so easily offended that we often miss the truth and follow parcels of truth weighted down by vast untruth for someone else to gain from in some way, not for the health and safety of our bodies or [...]