Why do we let someone continue to treat us poorly – or, at the very least, not treat us as good as we deserve? We put up with a lot of crap in life and I truly do wonder why that is. Is it because of our own low self-worth? It is some overblown sense [...]
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Placenta encapsulation – what’s that? I started learning about placenta encapsulation about 12 years ago (around 1998 if memory serves me correctly) and have seen it be miraculous for some people. Let me back up a bit…what, exactly, IS placenta encapsulation and why would you want to do it? Placenta encapsulation is where the “meat” [...]
Saturday, August 14, 2010
BREASTFEEDING IS MAKING HEADLINES!!!! ” Breastfeeding Mom Kicked Out Of McDonald’s “ ” Woman kicked off plane for breast-feeding baby “ ” Kicked out for breastfeeding? A St. Paul mother takes issue with the treatment she got at restaurant ” ” Arkansas Woman Kicked Out of Courtroom for Breastfeeding ” ” Breastfeeding Mom Kicked Out [...]
Saturday, August 14, 2010
I made a decision to risk failing my “Practicum exam” – one of the four required board of exams I had to take in order to obtain my midwifery license. Yep, you read that right!! One of the four exams I had to take to get licensed, one of the exams that I would have [...]
Vitamin K…. So I have been requested to do a blog on Vitamin K injection and the newborn. And here I sit…facing the same ‘problem’ I face every time I try to write an educational blog post: the information has already been written, they won’t learn anything from me that they can’t learn elsewhere, there’s [...]
As I read articles such as “Who controls childbirth — expectant moms or doctors?” and blogs and articles of how to write a birth plan, the benefits of a birth plan, the downside to writing a birth plan – I began to wonder if my definition of “birth plan” is different than most physicians and [...]
Disappointment in a birth experience comes in a variety of disguises….but today I’d like to talk about one of the most insidious types that, well – if I’m to be honest then I have to admit that I’m not sure what I can do about it! I would love suggestions, however…. Mainstream childbirth is scary [...]
Have you ever read an amazing story, true or fictional, and been enthralled and thought, “How COOL would that be if that happened to me”? Read biblical stories about the miracles of Jesus and felt a tug at your heart, wondering how it would feel to meet Jesus or to witness these miracles unfolding? (every [...]
I just got the BEST card in the mail – brought tears to my eyes!! It was from a previous client of mine who birthed her baby November 30th, 2009 – and it touched my heart so deeply that I’d love to share it… Kami was pregnant with her 5th baby when she chose us [...]
Remember this disclaimer of my telling birth stories. A short while ago I saw a mom blissed out on birthing hormones – and it made me feel both lucky to be witness to such a wonderful moment, but also a bit like an intruder in this family’s private moment. Her labor started with light ‘pressure [...]
