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Once you’ve decided on a type of childbirth class, how do you pick a teacher? Ask these questions before you sign up:
1. What is your certification?…
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Very often, women who are planning to have their husbands or mothers or sisters present at their births, women who are planning cesareans, or planning to have Epidural drugs during their births, think that hiring Childbirth support, or a Doula, isn’t necessary. Some call it a 'frivolous…
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In the days and weeks after this particular birth, I’ve asked myself so many questions and learned some very important things. While some of those things I cannot express without breeching any confidentiality, one of the most important things I learned needs to be shared and talked about. And that’s why I am telling people this story, both in conversation as well as through this article. Birth can be so much different than most women in this country know it. This one girl, her beautiful baby and their birth story are proof of the possibilities. Read More »
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I'm going to
have a VBAC," Annie said, "if it's the last thing I
do."
We were sitting in a prenatal yoga class in an unnamed facility in an unnamed Brooklyn neighborhood (one people assume they…
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What are women's rights? Beside the old steriotypes of equality, really how far have we come? I have been reading & responding to various posts about birth & parenting lately, only to find women haven't made progress in so many aspects of our daily lives. Take birth for instance,… Read More »
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Despite having been exceedingly happy with my own home birth, I know birth location is a very personal choice. When I have friends who are planning to give birth in a hospital, I don't go home-birth evangelical on them. I just have three words: "Get a doula." Not everyone agrees with me, it seems. Read More »
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This is a serious issue, but I have to say that the term "illegal midwifery" sounds like something out of a bad Shakespeare parody. Now that I've gotten that out of the way, here's the Read More »
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