Progressive Parenting

This Mothers Day Christie Turlington Burns wants us moms to keep mum.  Turlington Burns’ Every Mother Counts organization, which raises awareness about the 360,000 women who die each year from pregnancy or childbirth-related problems, wants fellow moms to spend the holiday in silence . Yup, no phone calls, no gifts, no Facebook,  no Twitter etc.The No Mother’s Day [...]

I just attended the Trust Birth Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, (I am a doula).It was an amazing, mind-blowing and Oxytocin-filled adventure. I got to meet some of my heroines and I learned so much! STOP HATTING Something new that I learned from Carla Hartley at the closing of the conference, was why we should stop putting little [...]

I was reading a story today about a woman who gave birth on a plane and I was struck by a few things. First of all I loved how they didn’t make it a big deal that she didn’t have access to drugs. I also loved that they broke down that in order for her [...]

I received a phone call at 8:45 this morning from my friends husband, “Hi Gena, Uh, Lisa’s client went into labor and she’s at the hospital and I need to be at work today in a few hours…” No sweat, I say. My friend Lisa is a Doula and so am I, (don’t know what a Doula [...]

Monday night on Progressive Parenting Radio my guest will be Laura Shanley. She is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and childbirth consultant. She is widely recognized as one of the leading voices in the natural-birth movement. Her expertise is frequently sought out by television and movie production companies, as well as media outlets around the globe. [...]

If I told you dads could be empowered during their significant other’s birth would you believe me? That dads could be into it and feel empowered? I believe this is possible, and so does Jo Valley. He is the founder of EMPOWERED PAPA, a website dedicated to just that! Tonight was the first time I’ve [...]

I recently read an amazing book by Dr. Amali Lokugamage. Dr. Lokugamage is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in London UK and also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, she has a Masters in Epidemiology, she done research into uterotonic drugs. [...]

Karen Brody, Playwright of BIRTH, Founder of BOLD | Bring Birth Home. So thrilled to be a part of this interview with one of my personal heroes Karen Brody! She will be our guest tonight on BRING BIRTH HOME TV! Karen Brody is a mother of two boys, born in 1999 and 2001. In 2005 [...]