Advertise Here I am so pleased and excited to announce that we will be offering more than one show a week. Our goal is to have one show every day Monday through Friday But for now we have MONDAY and TUESDAY (at least once a month for now…) covered! Progressive Parenting Radio will still be [...]
What Do You Do When Your Doctor/ Hospital Threatens You? I have been reading, often, about women who are being told by their doctor or hospital that CPS will be called on them if they refuse a c section. Here’s a message I received on facebook from a doula friend: There is a woman [...]
On Birth and Death. One Goes Out, One Comes In My Uncle who passed in 2008 has been heavy on my mind as of late. I accidentally found an old post of mine looking up birth on Google. But, as Oogway says in Kung Fu Panda, “There are no accidents.” I read it, cried [...]
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. [...]
