Spring Birth Trivia: $25,000 Pyramid Redux for Birth
Watch the movie to the end. If you know the answer e-mail it to us at thepowerofbirth@independentchildbirth.com for a chance to win a free pair of BabyLegs (ship to USA only, sorry!)
View ArticleA note for labor nurses
Have you ever considered looking at your patient? Seriously, there’s a real person, a laboring woman behind each strip on your computer screen. While walking the hospital halls recently with a client...
View ArticleAre you pregnant with abuse in your past?
Imagine yourself in labor, and suddenly a very painful memory intrudes your mind and consumes your thoughts. Imagine how distracted you would become. Your contractions could slow down and stop. The...
View ArticleCesarean Prevention: Tell Me If You’re Using Cytotec
You do so much to take care of yourself in pregnancy and you read about labor, try to take the most informative birth education series and choose the “right” careprovider and birth location for a...
View ArticleSurvey Says: Tell Us About Your Birth Link!
America is pretty unique in the type of childbirth prep our society recognizes. Did you know in many countries, many cultures our way of birth prep is quite odd: all gather and sit in a hospital...
View ArticleTurtle Woman
As a group whose every day bears witness to the entry into this world of many a newborn we enjoy hearing women’s descriptions of all things birth. We tend to cringe hearing harsh language surrounding...
View ArticleWe Ain’t Broke. Don’t Fix Us.
In a recent discussion we have had on our independent childbirth educators email list, the topic turned to one of the basic differences between supporting a woman through labor, and medicating a woman...
View ArticleCelebrate Women’s Real Birth Wisdom!
The more a midwife speaks to a mother and spends quality time with her, the more likely a mother is to open up and reveal more of her daily routines and habits that can affect her pregnancy and birth....
View ArticleMen At Birth: Yes, He’s My Doula
Keith Roberts is unfazed by the attention given him as the first man to be certified as a doula by DONA. He has has spent over 30 years in the field of holistic care, specifically focusing on...
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