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Active Birth in the Hospital

Posted in active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, birth experiences, Birth Thoughts, childbirth educators, giving birth, mothers, natural birth, Resources, Tools on August 31, 2011 | 8 Comments »

The vast majority of my birth class clients are women desiring a natural birth in a hospital setting. My classes are based on active birth and include a lot of resources for using your body during labor and working with gravity to help birth your baby. Sometimes I feel like active birth and hospital birth [...]

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Six Healthy Birth Practices Handout

Posted in active birth, birth classes, birth education, childbirth educators, handouts, maternity care, normal birth, Resources, Tools on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Lamaze’s Six Healthy Birth Practices are one of my favorites resources when discussing birth plans in my classes. I find that some materials about birth planning on the internet are unnecessarily cumbersome (while simultaneously being very “cookie cutter”). As I tell my clients, the Six Healthy Birth Practices provide an absolutely phenomenal “basic” birth plan [...]

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Handouts for Birth Booths

Posted in Activism, birth, birth education, childbirth educators, handouts, maternity care, normal birth, Resources, Tools on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A frequent topic on email lists for birth professionals is good handouts/resources for booths at maternity or baby fairs. Rather  than making copies of materials or creating my own handouts (reinventing the wheel in a less-professional looking way!),  I am a fan of using glossy, professionally printed, but still very low cost stuff for tables [...]

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Fathers, Fear, and Birth

Posted in active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, birth experiences, Birth Thoughts, childbirth educators, fathers, giving birth, labor support, mothers, Resources, Tools on November 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »

“I told my dads that they were their partner’s lover and that their most important role at the birth was one they did everyday without classes, books or practice: Loving the mom. You could literally see the dads relax as this thought sunk in and took root.” ~ Lois Wilson, CPM I don’t use these [...]

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Prematurity Awareness Month: Mind/Body Medicine in the NICU

Posted in babies, Maternal health, maternity care, mothers, Neat stuff, Resources, Tools on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

November is Prematurity Awareness Month and I’m pleased to have a guest post from OB/GYN and author, Dr. Jennifer Gunter, about prematurity and “mind-body medicine in the NICU.” Mind-Body Connection The mind-body connection is the idea that our thoughts and emotions impact our health. When we are stressed, anxious, or depressed our brain releases different [...]

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Centering for Birth

Posted in active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, Birth Thoughts, childbirth educators, giving birth, handouts, natural birth, Neat stuff, Resources, Tools on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I have a strong commitment to active birth—the use of movements, position changes, and most of all laboring out of bed. As a result, in my classes I tend to emphasize movement-based coping strategies for labor. However, I have also come to realize that coping measures employing relaxation and breath awareness are extremely valuable. These [...]

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Call for contributions: personal birth stories for new booklet on birthing positions

Posted in active birth, birth, birth experiences, giving birth, maternity care, mothers, natural birth, Neat stuff, normal birth, Resources, Tools, women on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I received an email this weekend from a woman who is writing a booklet about birthing positions (non-profit and free for distributing when finished!). She is seeking contributions of birth stories to use in the book. Below is her message: ———————- My name is Megan Layton. I have a strong interest in Women’s Health, current [...]

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Childbirth Education Curriculum Preparation Resources

Posted in active birth, birth classes, birth education, childbirth educators, natural birth, pregnancy, Resources, Tools on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, I received a question from a new childbirth educator seeking resources for developing her class curriculum. I emailed her back with a couple of ideas and thought I would also share them here. Here are several of the most useful tools I’ve discovered for birth class curriculum development: Prepared Childbirth, The Family Way: Educator’s [...]

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Giveaway! The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal

Posted in giveaways, mothers, Neat stuff, Resources, Tools, women on July 14, 2010 | 32 Comments »

The giveaway is now closed! Elizabeth Baer was the winner. Congratulations! In 2008, my mother-in-law bought me The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal for Christmas. When I got this book, I made a commitment to myself that I was really going to DO the book, instead of just reading it, tossing it aside, and gobbling down [...]

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Balanced Living and Saying ‘No’

Posted in Activism, birth education, childbirth educators, mothers, Resources, Tools, women on July 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I fairly regularly experience what I term a “crisis of abundance.” There are SO many great things to do in the world: SO many great causes, so many wonderful organizations, so many beautiful books, and just so many good things to do with my time. I prefer this state to having a crisis of scarcity [...]

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