Archive for September 2011
Interviewing Your Home Birth Midwife
Interview Questions Why are you a midwife? What is your training? Are you certified? If yes, with whom and why? If no, why not? Are you licensed in the state of _____? What is your scope of practice? Are there any circumstances (physical, emotional, and/or spiritual) would you not take a woman as a patient?…
Read MoreInconsistent Breastfeeding Advice = Consistent Frustration for Moms & Babies
I was excited to see this issue addressed at Best for Babes, because it is something I have seen over and over in pretty much every hospital birth I’ve attended as a doula. When a woman hears one thing from her L&D nurse, another from the baby nurse, and still another from the lactation consultant,…
Read MoreCould this be labor?
For first time mamas, previously induced mamas or those who have loads of prodromal labor, getting a handle on the nuances of when labor is going to start or if it is lasting labor can be really confusing. There is no way to know exactly when labor is going to start, but there are many…
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