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Peaceful Life Doula I am a Birth Doula in training through toLabor. As your doula I will provide information and support to help you create the birth you want.

dou·la (dl) n
A woman who assists another woman during labor and provides support to her, the infant, and the family after childbirth.

03/02/2014
Shoulda Had a Doula

Shoulda Had a Doula

When I first became interested in natural birth I was pretty apposed to hiring a doula. I shrugged them off as unnecessary or for moms who didn't have a supportive partner. Gosh I was wrong about hiring a doula! Of course I could not have forseen what my labor would have in store for me, bu

21/01/2014

Now accepting clients! I will be offering reduced fees while I work toward my certification. Contact me today to set up a free consultation visit. Feel free to pass this on to your pregnant friends as well.

21/01/2014
Hey Doc, Keep Your Fingers Out of My Va**na!

Hey Doc, Keep Your Fingers Out of My Va**na!

One of the things a lot of women get used to during pregnancy and birth is tons of strangers sticking their fingers in their va**na for cervical check...

08/01/2014
4 Signs Your GYN Isn't the Right OB for You

Great information. Choosing the right primary care provider for pregnancy and birth makes a huge difference in being able to have the birth you want.

You've got a GYN so you think you're settled for life until that big fat positive pregnancy test comes along...

05/01/2014

So what am I up to? Not much, just writing a contract. :-)

03/01/2014
Nursing Mothers Granted Tax Break

Nursing Mothers Granted Tax Break

Great news! Nursing moms are getting a new tax break from the IRS for breast pumps and other supplies. The same proposal was rejected last year because the IRS didn’t think breastfeeding had enough benefits to be considered medical care. But, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other breastfeedin...

23/12/2013
Invisible Midwives

Invisible Midwives

One of the reasons why we think women and babies and birth are faulty and need managing and fixing is the language we use. Our arrogance in believing that we need to manage and fix the normal biological process of birth is increasing the rate of birth complications and birth fear.

What is overdue? What is late? Late for what? Says who?

Induction rates are rising. Why are we tolerating it? Do at least a quarter of babies really need evicting from the womb? Really? Next time the words overdue or late are used in reference to your baby, challenge those words. Really. Think about it...

05/12/2013
ImprovingBirth.org

Beautiful words!!!

Dear Mom,

I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face, sad and furious. We don’t know each other, but I just heard about what is happening to you. I heard that you were told that because your baby is breech, a normal birth is no longer an option for you – not because it’s not possible, but because no one in your area will support anything other than surgery.

I know that you agreed to the surgery, but asked for three evidence-based practices along with that surgery that would make things healthier and safer for your baby and you. And that having those things - especially being "allowed" to hold your baby after he is born - would give you a small but priceless sense of control over what is happening now. A little piece of humanity.

I know that you were simply told “no” on those three things. No reason – just “no.” Your wishes didn’t factor in. Your individual circumstances didn’t factor in. Neither did the medical evidence or known best practices.

I feel for you – pushed around, defeated, without a voice. I know this feeling. I have been there. So have many thousands of others of women around this country.

I know that it’s easy to give in, and it’s hard to fight, when you feel like you are all alone.

You are not alone. You are not alone. I am here, screaming and shouting for you, and so are so many others. We are here for you. We are women and we are mothers and we are saying, what happens to the least of us happens to all of us. We won’t take it any more.

Don’t wait for someone to hand your power back to you. Take it. Take it a thousand times over. It was always yours to begin with.

Be strong. You are never alone. Take back your power and hold on to it. Stand on your rights and stand on your strength. Stand on all of our strength. You may feel like a leaf on the ocean right now, but please know that we are all behind you, and we are the ocean.

Love to you,
Another Mother

Human Rights in Childbirth

31/08/2013
Dad Captures His Son's First Year, One Second Per Day, and It's Lovely

This is awesome!

Sam Cornwell, a photographer from England, took a second of video a day and stitched into a video of his son Indigo's first year on planet earth. It's neato -- and he's got that song in the background that's used in lots of movies lately to make you cry. When Indigo takes his first steps, I totally…

29/08/2013

So I heard that apparently the c-section rates for physician mothers are about 10% lower than other mothers.

22/08/2013
10 Things to Never Say to a Formula-Feeding Mom

No mother should ever feel judged by the choices she makes when raising her child. If you don't know the reasons of why she does things the way she does you shouldn't say anything except encourage her to continue being the best mother she knows how to be. And that goes for her choices in childbirth as well.

I formula fed my daughter. It's taken a long time for me to be able to say that without wanting to cry. I always qualify it -- I did try breastfe...

22/08/2013
Giving Birth A Fighting Chance

Great words of encouragement for those of you in the last days of waiting for you little one.

~Pregnant Pause~

my baby's not a library book
so she's not overdue
my baby won't take too long to cook
'cause she's not a veggie stew

my baby's not an elephant
and I'm not fit to burst
the time and date aren't relevant
we're blessed with days, not cursed

my baby can't read dates as yet
because she's very new
so there's no cause to fuss and fret
if she doesn't come on cue

so stop your worry,
stop your asking,
there's no hurry
we're relaxing
in this golden pregnant time
this pause, which is just hers and mine.
You leave us be, we are just fine.

by Rachel Pritchard, Wales.

18/08/2013

"Rumor has it that it's safer to wait several years after a cesarean section before attempting a va**nal birth. There's absolutely no evidence for this belief. Studies on wound healing have shown that tissue regains the majority of its strength within a few weeks of an operation.
The tissue that gives a healing wound its strength is called collagen. According to a general surgery textbook, "Collagen content o the wound tissue rises rapidly between the sixth and the seventeenth days but increases very little after the seventeenth day and none at all after the forty-second day." Since the uterine scar is almost fully healed within weeks after a cesarean section, there is no reason to postpone plans for having another baby."

~Birth After Cesarean by Bruce Flamm

18/08/2013
No such thing as false labor - The Birthing Site

"This is great news.
Your body is getting ready to birth your baby.
Everything is happening as it should.
You and your baby are doing great.
You are not quite at the dilating phase, but what is happening now is really important.
Get as comfortable as you can in a place where you feel secure, warm and loved, and wait for the next phase to blossom.
Trust your body and your baby to orchestrate a beautiful meeting."

I often hear stories of women being turned away from hospitals in “false” labour, are told that they labour has stalled, stopped o...

17/08/2013

Successfully got some business cards designed and ordered today with the help of my sister! :-)

17/08/2013

With my sister trying to create a logo. :-)

14/08/2013
Making Progress in Labor is More than Just Dilation — Giving Birth with Confidence

Making Progress in Labor is More than Just Dilation — Giving Birth with Confidence

“How far dilated are you?” When you get past 36 weeks of pregnancy, this is most likely a question you’ll hear again and again — from several people. And more than likely, you’ll wait in anxious anticipation after a routine pelvic exam to hear the report, and quite possibly feel crestfallen when you...

30/07/2013

While the princess may not want people emulating her, no one can deny that her choices have the power to change births everywhere.

19/07/2013
Mom Gets Unbelievably Awesome Surprise From Waitress for Breastfeeding in Public

What an amazing display of support. We all need to be this supportive of parents everywhere. It's not even just about breastfeeding, we need to support parents in every aspect parenting. Whether it is the stay at home that is able to homeschool her children the one who drops her children off at daycare on the way to work. Parents are raising the next generation and sometimes they just need a little assurance that they are doing the right thing.

Score one for breastfeeding! News broke the other day that a mama in Des Moines, Iowa got a super-sweet treat from her dinner waitress at a local pizzeria for nursing her child in public. Jackie Jo...

19/07/2013
The one word that will help 'overdue' Duchess Kate most

Great words of encouragement for those of you in the last days of waiting for the arrival of your new bundle of joy.

Royal baby news is at fever pitch, but can't we spare a thought for mother-in-waiting Kate, asks BestDaily's Milli Hill

16/07/2013

Who else is anxiously awaiting the birth of the royal baby?

30/06/2013
Va**nal Hospital Birth of TRIPLETS | Birth Without Fear

Seriously, how cool is this!!!!!!

Triplet pregnancies can be absolutely terrifying. You feel so out of control. There are three little lives growing in your belly and you are told by all your doctors and OBs all the risks and all the dangers, you begin to feel like you are made of glass. Please no TTTS, please no preterm labour, ple...

30/06/2013
The Pitfalls of 'Going With The Flow' in Birth

This is why it is so important to have a birth plan. Discuss your birth plan with you primary care provider (P*P) prior to the birth so that you are both on the same page. Also, have your P*P sign a copy of your birth plan so that it can speak for them in case of their absence.

http://birthtraumatruths.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/the-pitfalls-of-going-with-the-flow-in-birth/

So many of us aim to ‘just go with the flow’ as our birthplan. But could the gentle flow of birth we envisage actually be undermined with this approach? Could ‘going with the flow’ even be detrimen...

21/06/2013
Emergency Preparedness

Some great info in here on how to be prepared in case of an emergency.

Regardless of what type of disaster may strike or how severe it is, there will always be pregnant women in need of special assistance. Pregnant women are among those most at risk in disaster situations, in part because severe stress can trigger premature labor, but also because so many women are for...

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