Category Archives: Pregnancy
But What Does a Doula DO?
The most commonly asked question (following after “A Do-WHAT?”) is what does a doula do? Recognizing that I am still at the very, very start of this journey to becoming a doula, this is my current view of what a … Continue reading
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Belly Casting
(Our own with baby #5!) Today our doula came (busy day – midwife in morning, doula in afternoon) and helped us make our belly cast. We bought the Rigid Wrap (plaster bandages) at Michael’s and for two rolls it was … Continue reading
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Things I Wish I Had Known
In no particular order, I wish I had known in my first pregnancy: – A midwife. Not that all midwives are equal by any stretch, but I wish we had interviewed some in California. – I wish we had hired … Continue reading
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Why We Hired a Doula for our (Fifth) Birth!
(I wrote this up to explain to friends why we had hired a doula for our fifth birth. We hired the same doula for our sixth birth, of course!) Why did I need a doula? In order to be able … Continue reading
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Pregnancy – Keep Them Baking!
Why every week counts – interesting article about the dangers of inducing labor/scheduling c-sections for babies prior to 39weeks. Not just short term risks but the long term impacts showing up in children school age. And the diagram of comparative … Continue reading
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Consumer Report & Pregnancy!
Consumer Reports article about potentially risky & way overused medical interventions and underused low risk tools to help with pregnancy & birth. Nothing shocking or earth shattering, just more verification that even if we have the medical tools, it does … Continue reading
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Birth Links to Explore
Borrowing the following from my midwife: Orgasmic Birth Homebirth in the Hospital: Integrating Natural Childbirth with Modern Medicine Birth Models That Work The Business of Being Born She met authors of some of the books and it was very interesting … Continue reading
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Resource List
Here is an Amazon link for books we have read and enjoyed enough to share! GENERAL PREGNANCY, BIRTH & NEWBORN INFORMATION: Ask Dr. Sears, one I reference often. Henci Goer, author of The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Birth The Midwife … Continue reading
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