Archive for February 2010
Finding and Hiring A Labor Doula
Building a labor support team is a vital piece of conscious preparation during pregnancy in preparation for birth and life with the very newborn. Today as part of that support team many women are opting to hire a labor doula to come alongside them at the end of pregnancy through labor and delivery with some…
Read MoreTechnology and the Prenatal “Diet”
In westernized countries, television and the internet have almost completely replaced the generational teaching and learning found in the “circles” of the past. Women would gather over sewing, quilting, canning, and life events including pregnancy and childbirth. They offered support, told their stories, spoke of family life, shared their everyday knowledge, wisdom and expertise while…
Read MoreFly Sister Soar
This is my Valentine to you all my “sisters”. We are in this together, weaving the past, present, and future through who we are and what we do. I ache for us women to encircle each other, grow each other and be real with each other. Be blessed. Sister never be satisfied with just living.…
Read MoreTell NBC What YOU Think – ICAN meets mother-sized activisim
http://blog.ican-online.org/2010/02/07/mother-sized-activism-nbc/ The International Cesarean Awareness Network wants you to get involved and speak your mind about what you think of the NBC “Live in the OR” piece from last week. Here is the link to ICAN’s official response. The only way that mass media will be responsible for what they put on the airwaves is…
Read More“Elective” Cesarean – If you had one…..
There is much in the news and in community talk how women are signing up for cesareans electively. I am very intrigued by this assumption and believe there is much misinformation regarding the topic out in the public for consumption. I am seeking to shed some more light on this topic. Though this is not…
Read MoreAffording the Birth You Want
Many times over I have heard something similar to “If only my insurance would cover the childbirth class, doula, that provider or birth location. Then I could have the birth I really want for me and my baby.” That statement sadly says to me that women are settling for a provider, birth location, type of…
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