“Fear can have major implications for your birth – it can cause indecision, enhance pain, even stall labor out completely with the dreaded ‘failure to progress.’” It’s not just obvious fears that cause these complications – hidden fears (and the fears you keep pushing aside, trying to ignore) – can rear up and paralyze you [...]
October 26, 2009 – 5:07 pm
Today is Galen’s 1st birthday. It seems like just yesterday that I posted announcing he was (finally) here. And now he’s a year old! Galen was chronicled on Natural Birth and Baby Care from start to finish (in fact, I started this blog because we were TTC him!) I thought I’d share some highlights: We’re [...]
I’ve had a few people contact me to ask what my thoughts on the licensing of midwives are. I know this is going to differ based on what country you’re in, and where in that country you’re located. Midwifery regulations are so different all over the world. I’m in the United States so my experience [...]
February 12, 2009 – 10:47 pm
“We have a secret in our culture, it’s not that birth is painful, but that women are strong.” (Laura S. Harm) One year ago today I was completely giddy with excitment. I woke at 6am and made my way to the bathroom, shaking the whole way. I continued to tremble as I tried desperately not [...]
December 16, 2008 – 12:56 am
A custom many traditional societies had for new mothers, and one still honored in many cultures is a “lying in” period. This was and is a time period when the mother was to focus on her baby – others took care of the mother and her household. In some cultures this could be a very [...]
December 8, 2008 – 5:07 pm
I mentioned how I felt that visualizations had helped me prepare for Galen’s birth in my post reflecting on his birth. I wanted to go into more detail on this because I feel it was a very important preparation. Many books on birth (including the Pink Kit materials) recommend visualizing the birth experience you’d like [...]
December 1, 2008 – 4:49 pm
I have wanted to sit down and write this post for a couple of weeks. I can’t believe how time flies with a new baby around but it does. Between taking time off to just enjoying lying in with my newborn, visiting family members, and then trying to get into a new routine with a [...]
November 6, 2008 – 6:01 pm
I’ve posted Galen’s birth story! Click here to read Galen’s story and see a few pics! I’ll post more pictures and reflections on his birth over the next couple of weeks… we’re still taking it easy enjoying our babymoon and family time
October 29, 2008 – 12:02 pm
Our baby boy Galen arrived at home before our midwives did! See his birth story for details!
October 6, 2008 – 5:00 pm
We’ve been working on our Pink Kit “routines” pretty much every night – give or a take a few But we’ve been working it consistently. One of our Pink Kit techniques – the Hip Lift – has been really helpful during pregnancy. I have had some pain in my right hip my last three [...]
