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Who Uses A Doula?

Written by Allie Chee

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A Midwife, Doula, and Postpartum Help for Healthier, Happier Mom, Dad & Baby Who uses a doula, midwife, and postpartum help? Barefoot hippies? Hollywood divas? Yes, and millions of everyday, hardworking people around the world who have decided either through their cultural heritage or personal research that for them, a natural…

Why Is My Nurse So Uneducated About Natural Childbirth?

Written by Nicole Thomas

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Why Is My Nurse So Uneducated About Natural Childbirth?

A lovely TBS fan who is a nurse shared her experience in L&D during her training to become a nurse. My favorite semester of nursing school was my maternal-child class. I spent a couple of days on a post-partum unit, a couple in the NICU, and was scheduled to do…

Achieving True Freedom for Birth

Written by Jeanne-Marie Floyd

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On September 20, 2012, the groundbreaking documentary, Freedom For Birth, by film makers Toni Harman and Alex Wakeford, was shown in over 1000 screenings and over 50 countries around the world. I hosted a screening in Raleigh, NC, and while we only had six people attend, I cannot adequately express…

Three Simple Ways to Improve Your Labour

Written by Dr. Stephanie Willis B.App.Sc.(Clin.Sc)/B.Chiro.Sc., DICCP, CCWP

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Three Simple Ways to Improve Your Labour

Labour is an incredible time; babies are born, mothers are born, and families are created. But let’s not forget the hard work that takes place! Most parents wish for a complication-free natural birth, and there are a few things you can do to make the experience better for everyone! 1.…

Doulas and Unassisted Births

Written by Lia Joy Rundle

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This is a question I see raised often and a passionate (even heated) debate usually follows. Unassisted childbirth (UC) or freebirth refers to intentionally birthing without professional assistance, so there is question as to whether a family who has hired a professional doula can claim to have an unassisted birth. …

What Does a Birth Doula Do and Not Do?

Written by Kenny Shulman

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WHAT IS SUPPORT? Support is unconditional. It is listening… not judging, not telling your own story. Support is not offering advice… it is offering a handkerchief, a touch, a hug…caring. We are here to help women discover what they are feeling… not to make the feelings go away. We are…

Identifying Your Support System

Written by Lia Joy Rundle

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Unassisted Childbirth (UC) refers to giving birth without the assistance of a trained birth professional, but most women who choose UC will tell you that they did have support and assistance in many forms throughout pregnancy and birth. The first relationship to consider, if you have one, is your spouse…

Birthing Center Step #6: Childbirth Education Classes

Written by Sarah Ericson

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Childbirth Education Classes? What’s that you may ask? Shouldn’t I already know how to birth a child? Well maybe, especially if this isn’t your first child. However, while the body becomes autonomic during labor, it maybe hard for you to allow yourself to go into the mind frame of birthing.…

HypnoBirthing takes the hard-labour out of Childbirth

Written by Jacqueline

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HypnoBirthing takes the hard-labour out of Childbirth

MENTION labour and delivery to an expectant mum and the chances are her heart will begin to race at the thought of what’s to come. But HypnoBirthing helps mums-to-be overcome their fear and tension with a different way of birthing. It is a method of natural childbirth that uses self-hypnosis,…

Questions I Asked My OB and His Answers

Written by Jamie Radebaugh

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These are questions that I printed out for my OB to answer and send to me. I originally used this list: Key Questions for Your Care Provider During Pregnancy & Birth 1. What is your induction rate/what percentage of your patients begin labor spontaneously? Ordinarily I would induce labor…