(The issue is incredible, if you are interested in homebirth at all, go HERE and you can order the issue for yourself ) (From Midwifery Today issue 93, Homebirth) What I Wish I Had Seen In the United States, there is a stigma around homebirth that is hard to ignore if you are part of [...]
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When someone suffers a pregnancy loss, whether by miscarriage or stillbirth or even termination, do we ourselves change for the next time? Women are like mother hens. We cluck and fuss and make sure our children are safe. I don’t know a single pregnant woman that doesn’t worry when something ‘different’ happens, whether that be [...]
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Alright, I have an awful earrache and can’t concentrate and had to go to bed, so I am ending the giveaway now. Winner is (and I swear I didn’t cheat): #8, Brenda!! I’ve let Robin know, and sent an email to you Congrats!!
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My midwife went to the Trust Birth conference and came back with amazing ideas and said they watched a movie about Birth Trauma. The movie they watched I can’t afford to buy, but they have one on youtube that is about the same thing. I only got about 4 minutes in before I was crying [...]
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Now, even though this picture is adorable, it does have a point, which I will get back to in a minute. I have had a lot of time to think this week about qualifications and certifications and education. What is the difference? Is one truly better than all the others? I didn’t graduate with my [...]
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Alright, to start off the post, here are the winners of the Be Nice Prenatal giveaway!! Winner #1: Comment #7: Brenda!! Winner #2: Comment #31: @reesemcg! Congrats! I’ve let the company know you won, and an email is incoming to you —————————————————————————— And now onto my third and final giveaway! This one I am actually [...]
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Today, I received a scholarship for Birth Arts International for their distance learning Doula Certification Program. I have mixed feelings. I am in love with their program and am so excited to be able to learn more about labor support and other things, but at the same time, I don’t think a certification is necessary [...]
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A couple weeks ago we got a homebirth client. She was due the 10th of March, but this was her second baby and had never gone into natural labor before, so we were treating her as a first time mom, in a sense. Her first birth was a bad experience, so she wanted something different. [...]
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I found an amazing site dedicated to LDS women and their births. I love going through and reading all their birth stories and all about what they are doing. I found this birth and was in awe of the beautiful way it was written. The Gift of Giving Life I love this section: I didn’t [...]
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