A bit of housekeeping on the blog (as if there weren’t enough to do on the homefront!). I will no longer be posting about birth on this blog, unless the nature of a story lends itself to appear here.
For local birth-related topics, please visit BirthNetworkNWA‘s website.
For good birth advocacy commentary and info, visit Birth Activist.
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I can’t help but have the Beatle’s song going through my head today because it is, in fact, my birthday. I have no vanity about it being only my day of birth, so I’m willing to share the joy with all the other brilliant Scorpios out there.
The reality of it is that this [...]
Pregnancy is an exhilarating time — all the anticipation, excitement and sacredness of what’s happening within. Then there’s birth. Ah, words can only try to capture what happens. We understand what’s going on physiologically, but for every woman, there’s a different psychological and spiritual story unfolding. Let us not forget postpartum. After all this excitement [...]
Birth on Labor Day.
It’s an event, an action, and, I daresay, a state of mind.
Watch the information on the official site. Find an event near you. Participate.
Be BOLD.
Today CIMS (Coalition for Improving Maternity Services) nationally releases The Birth Survey. The major effort to make maternity care transparent is underway, and your story makes a difference.
Why?
Pregnancy, a naturally occurring part of a woman’s life, is treated like a medical condition. The baby is a human, not a tumor, and in a majority of [...]
(No, I’m not pregnant now. This is from our last pregnancy, with thoughts relevant even now.)
After receiving accreditation as a childbirth instructor, I figure I’m supposed to know all about natural childbirth, at least have access to unbounded information about it. I’ve also been blessed with three healthy children. So, at our fourth birth, it [...]
Not the most interesting title, but true nonetheless. I’ve been wanting to do this since I myself got a Venus of Willendorf-inspired bead for my blessingway necklace. I realize that making the tiny beads is a true talent. Even making the bigger ones is a skill. As I’ve just begun, please don’t take my experience [...]
The healing qualities of water are probably innumerable. A bath itself soothes the muscles and calms the spirit. I don’t give myself enough baths, though we were excited to have a large tub in our house when we bought it three years ago. There is one bath that I have taken here that I hope [...]
For those of you who don’t know me well, I am a birth advocate. I teach childbirth classes through the Bradley Method (r), I’ve done the DONA doula training, I’m a La Leche League member, and I am now active in our local BirthNetwork chapter as a co-leader. While I definitely advocate natural birth and [...]
