Advertise Here 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 Full Scale Birth Revolution on Labor Day September 3, 2012 10am – 12noon ImprovingBirth.org is organizing a nationwide event. The following is from the improving birth.org site: A massive uprising is on the horizon. Thousands of men, women and children will gather on September 3rd, 2012 as part of a national movement. Improving Birth’s [...]
The Seduction of Induction or the Wooing of the Pregnant Woman I know, I know you feel like you’ve been pregnant forever. You are uncomfortable, have trouble sleeping and haven’t been able to see your own vagina for months. You are done and you want this baby out. So when your doctor suggests a [...]
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 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 [...]
