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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A Woman’s Guide to VBAC

Wow!!! Great new site full of just the right info for women considering trying to go for a vaginal birth after a cesarean! Thanks to Megan Bochum, a local student midwife and member of our local ICAN, for posting this link on facebook.

A Woman’s Guide to VBAC

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Planned Vaginal Birth after Cesarean and Repeat Cesarean Section

VBAC Success Rates and Prediction Models: Understanding Your Chances of Important Outcomes

Putting Uterine Rupture into Perspective

Are You an “Ideal” Candidate for VBAC? What Are Your Choices If Not?

The “Immediately Available” Standard: Where It Came from, What It Means, and How to Move Forward with New Evidence and Guidelines

What We Don’t Know: Critical Gaps in Evidence and How to Make Informed Choices In Spite of Them

Discussing Your Options with Your Care Provider

Legal Rights and Protections for VBAC: Issues from the NIH Consensus Conference

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Jennifer Stover
I have been a doula in San Luis Obispo County since Seth, my friend's son, was born in 1992. Witnessing his birth deepened my belief that birthing women need a strong, independent, educated member of their team supporting them in finding their own choices and voices.They need a caring experienced guide to stay by their side throughout labor. Later they need someone to provide clarity and wisdom as they process their experience. Over 100 births later these truths that crystalized for me two decades ago still are my guiding principles. This journal is my way of continuing to reach out to women to help educate and enlighten them about birth and to tell them I care about their journey.

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Guiding Fathers Supporting Mothers
Intense "Coaching" during Intense Labor

I am Trained in Breastfeeding Support

I am Trained in Breastfeeding Support
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Join me as I lead La Leche League Mothers' Meetings:

Morning meetings
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2nd Thursday of the month
San Luis Obispo
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4th Thursday of the month
San Luis Obispo
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Inspiration & Wisdom

Inspiration & Wisdom
I use social media to send messages of inspiration and wisdom to my doula and class clients. Click on the image for a peek into these private posts I send from my home in Oceano.

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On TV:
Supporting Breastfeeding Mamas

On the Radio:
Attachment Parenting
Benefits and Challenges of Breastfeeding
Midwifery/Doulas and BBRN's Midwifery Project
In Defense of Dr. Haupt and Issues Surrounding Liabilty and Birth
Impacts to our Community of the $74 Million Judgement

Giving a Speech:
SLO's historic Midwifery Day celebration.

Helping Fathers Find Their Role

Helping Fathers Find Their Role
Cutting the Cord: A new father from Arroyo Grande

NAVIGATION HELP

NAVIGATION HELP
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  • Community Activist (26)
  • Creating a Healthy Pregnancy (16)
  • Doula Testamonials (10)
  • Homebirth (12)
  • Informed Consent (23)
  • Local Hospital Statistics (4)
  • Midwives (20)
  • My Published Articles (10)
  • Our Local Resources (17)
  • Parenting (40)
  • Topics of Interest to Pregnant Couples (73)
  • V-BAC (15)

Supporting Families

Supporting Families
Read about the Cental Coast's First Hospital Waterbirth

Meet Me

Meet Me
Check their web site for latest info on where and when!

Meet Me

Meet Me
I try to manifest ICAN's mission of cesarean prevention, recovery and advocacy in all the work I do. I am happy to meet with you and help you on your journey.
My Birth Statistics speak for themselves.

Helping Families Grow

Helping Families Grow
Read the lovely poem this Atascadero mama sent me after her successful unmedicated birth.

I'm a Member

I'm a Member
The Breastfeeding Coalition consists of lactation consultants & educators, nurses, doctors and others passionate about ensuring babies from San Miguel to Nipomo get the best possible start through breastfeeding.

My Library

My Library
I have an extensive pregnancy, birth & parenting library in my home in Oceano for my client's.

Founding Member & First President of Birth & Baby Resource Network

Founding Member & First President of Birth & Baby Resource Network
Learn About this Important Community Organization

Class Reunions

Class Reunions
Class Clients Speak

Local Resources

Local Resources
I highly recommend these local resources and the links below. All of them have been utilized by myself or my clients and found beneficial. I hope you do too. For businesses with a web presence check the Links List below!

Warm Line (Breastfeeding help):
541-BABY

Chinese Acupuncture (SLO):
543-8958

Massage by Jora (Los Osos):
748-7748

Local Resources

  • Birth & Baby Resource Network
  • Homebirth Midwifery Care
  • Santa Lucia Birth Center
  • Water Birth Center
  • Hospital Birth Midwifery Care
  • Natural Family Health Care
  • Acupuncture in Santa Maria
  • Organic Vegan Recipes
  • Whole Foods Cooking Classes
  • Local Nutrition/Organic information
  • Nutritional Help: Juice Plus
  • Prenatal & Infant Massage
  • Pre and Postnatal Water Massage
  • Chiropractic Care in Los Osos
  • Chiropractic Care in SLO
  • Chiropractic Care in So. Co.
  • Cranial Sacral Therapy
  • Prenatal Yoga in No. Co.
  • South Co. Prenatal Yoga/Mommy & Me Yoga
  • Prenatal Yoga & Mommy and Me Yoga in So. Co.
  • Prenatal Yoga in SLO
  • Memorable Baby Showers
  • Local La Leche League
  • Clothing for Nursing Mamas
  • Kahuna Kids north county green living kid's store
  • EcoBambino SLO green living kid's store
  • Merry Go Round SLO kid's resale shop
  • Little Loves on-line new & used baby items
  • Pregnancy & Newborn Photography
  • Pregnancy & Newborn Portraits
  • Pregnancy & Labor Portraits
  • Local Mom's Personal Mommy Blog

Birth Stories Project

Birth Stories Project
Click on my little reader to read local stories!

Be Included in the Project

I am creating a place where everyone can share their local birth stories; the good, the bad and the ugly! Please e-mail me if you wish to be included. jjmstover@sbcglobal.net

Shasta's Birth: a Los Osos Baby

Shasta's Birth: a Los Osos Baby
Read My Client's Birth Stories

Community Connections

Community Connections
Fifteen Years of Participating in BBRN's Annual Birth & Baby Fair!

Great Resources

Great Resources
  • Reclaim Your Right to Birth Right by Dr. Northrup
  • Midwives Alliance of North America
  • International Cesarean Awareness Network
  • Newsweek V-BAC Article: A Change of Delivery
  • Ask Henci Goer author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
  • Evidenced Based Care
  • Local Hospital Comparison: sections, episiotomies, breastfeeding
  • The Business of Being Born
  • Unnecessarean
  • Video: Documentary on Current Birth Practices
  • Utah Doula's Blog
  • Denver Doula's Research Page
  • Birth Girlz online resource list
  • Waterbirth Pool Rentals
  • Controversy Sparked by a Sign on a Door: Chat on Women's Rights, Doulas & Natural Birth
  • Is a Woman in Labor a "Person"? by Louise Marie Roth
  • Survey of Hospitals, Doctors & Midwives
  • Video: Big Push for Midwives Campaign
  • Video: Pregnant in America watch online
  • Transparency in Maternity Care Project
  • La Leche League International
  • Organic Mothering Blog
  • Attachment Parenting International
  • Preparing for an expanding AP family
  • Attachment Parenting Resource
  • Gentle Parenting Topics
  • I'm listed at DoulaNetwork.com

Working in Other Communities

Working in Other Communities
Beautiful Baby Born at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkely

Client News!

Client News!

Congratulations on the Birth of Their Second Child!

Congratulations on the Birth of Their Second Child!
Jessica & Clayton are living in San Diego now. To see the birth of their new baby and read their story click on the photo.

Congratulations to Alisson & Matt on their growing family!

Congratulations to Alisson & Matt on their growing family!
Alisson had a positive birth experience back home in Virginia.

Congratulations Amy & Matt Otsu

Congratulations Amy & Matt Otsu
What a surprise to open the paper and see baby Emma is a rising national gymnastics star!

Congratulations to Lisa & Jeff Spence On your new addition!

Congratulations to Lisa & Jeff Spence On your new addition!
They are currently living in Nicaragua.

Client News & Connections

This space will be used to keep my clients connected. If you have family news, business news, or you're moving and would like to let people know I'd be happy to post it. Do you have an internet presence? I will be posting links here. Just write me at jjmstover@sbcglobal.net or pick up the phone. I'd love to chat and catch up!

Jennifer Henderson is busy! Not only does she work for the Parent Particiaption Program taking kids on field trips around the county she also homeschools her kids, teaches for the adult school, teaches at Cuesta and writes travel stories. Check out all the great programs Parent Paticipation sponsors: http://ppp.slcusd.org/Home.html

What fun it was to open the Parent Participation site's Outdoor page and see a pregnant Colby Lindeman in a group of Tiny Hikers! She has told me several times how much she enjoyed this activity; meeting other moms, getting outdoors, getting excersize, doing the interacting with baby games.
http://ppp.slcusd.org/Outdoors.html

Colby Lindeman took her fitness expertise and turned it into an exciting new business helping moms get back in shape with their babies in outdoor settings. To see what they are up to: http://www.betterbodymommy.blogspot.com/

I spoke to Lisa Ann Dillon the other night. She is busy teaching at the San Luis Classical Academy, a support program for homeschoolers and teaching her oldest child at home. Hard to believe he is in Kindergarten already! To learn more about the Academy go to http://sloclassicalacademy.com/.

Chiropractor & past client, Leslie Kasanoff, invited me to an interesting nutrition lecture today that was held at Steven Tullius's chiropractic office (another past birth class client and homebirther). The lecture was about the importance of phytonutrients in our diet and how to obtain them. Of course I was most interested in how it relates to healthy pregnancies and births. I'll be writing about this topic soon. Check out Leslie's web site to learn more. http://lkasanoff.healthnewspodcast.info/

Shannon Len is expecting her first baby this month. I am so excited to support her at the new Santa Lucia Birth Center. Somehow she has managed to get ready for their new arrival while staying on top of her commitments to the art community and her jewelry business. To see her elegant jewelry designs: http://www.lendesignsjewelry.com/

It was fun to open the Tribune on Tuesday and see Carolyn Eicher and her lovely daughter Sabina donating kid's books to their local library. Sabina was born at General Hospital and it looks like all the hard work Carolyn put in that day has payed off!

Currently Carolyn is busy with a nonprofit she started called SLO Grown Kids. Their mission is to improve the health of the San Luis Obispo community by educating students and their families about healthful eating and the origins of food. Check it out at: http://www.slogrownkids.org/

Congratulations to Jenny Appell who is now teaching African Dance. She went back to performing with the local African Dance Troupe not long after each of her babies was born. My son and I had a lot of fun when we were studying Africa visiting her class. Her talented husband Rob, quilt artist and owner of The Cottonball in Morro Bay, has a new Endangered Species Quilt Project. To view the beautiful quilts and purchase patterns to support the animals: http://robappell.orthonormal.net/node/51

Speaking of dance Jenna Mitchell is back at work running World Rhythm & Motion Studio. They teach an eclectic group of dance classes from around the world. To see what might spark your interest: http://www.worldrhythmandmotion.com/

Congratulations to Amy Engleman who has bought a home in Templeton. Her son Chase is enjoying working on a pottery wheel at Santa Lucia school. He was inspired by a small pot my son Joe made when he was young which Amy purchased from Joe at a craft fair a long time ago. amy is very busy volunteering at the school. find out more: http://www.santaluciaschool.org/

Dawn Feuerberg besides keeping on top of Morro Bay's drinking water, being a mom of two now and continuing to teach Spanish at Cuesta has started her own business. Summers she is taking families south of the border on a family Spanish language & culture learning adventure! Interested? http://www.vivastudyabroad.com/

If you haven't heard about Acholi Beads yet please visit http://acholibeads.com/blog/ This is Jessica Connolly's brilliant business idea which combines business, women and social justice. Although she has moved to San Diego in our hearts she's still with us on the Central Coast.

A late congratulations and you go girl goes out to Kambria Doherty for her successful V-BAC at home of an over 10 pound baby boy. Dreams really can come true! And on her new business Kahuna Kids; an eco friendly kids store in Paso Robles. To see what they offer visit: http://www.kahunakids.com/Kahuna_Kids/Kahuna_Kids.html
Congratulations to Erin Tullius for being chosen to apprentice with Jack Canfield, the founder of the Transformational Leadership Council. I can't wait to see what springs forth from that alliance. Update! Erin is an author! Check out her book about diet & health: http://mindoverfatterbook.com/

Baby Book

Baby Book
Welcome twins born vaginally! I am creating a photo album of past client's babies. If you wish to have your baby in my photo gallery please e-mail me at jjmstover@sbcglobal.net.

Sisters of My Heart Collection

Sisters of My Heart Collection
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This collection of writings is dedicated to the women who have impacted my life as a wife, mother, teacher and doula.

They have enlightened me, empowered me, guided me, enriched me, infuriated me, informed me, set incredibly high standards for me to adhere to, uplifted and inspired me.

Each one has been a gift in the crazy quilt of my life.

To honor them I pass bits and scraps of their gifts to me on to other women passing through my life.

In each piece in this collection I will attempt to illuminate how the threads of their stories wove into the fabric of my life.

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