Labor of Love Doula Services and Childbirth Education
Sunday, August 29, 2010

My Reading List

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Today I put together a list of all the books I have read relating to pregnancy, birth, parenting and women's health as part of my L...

Breastfeeding and Kangaroo Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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I met Jessica when she came to give a talk at an ICAN meeting. Even though this birth was not local I felt her poignant story was so import...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Being a Hospital Doula: My Greatest Challenge

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Sometimes I can only bear witness. I am helpless to ward off the blow. I educate. I put a "game plan" in place. I manage. I guide....
Friday, August 27, 2010

Home Birth... Why I Did It (& I'm Not a Hippie)

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Not sure about where to birth, hospital or home? When trying to decide where to birth I always advise my clients to look deep into their hea...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Breech Birth: Turning Her Plans Upside Down!

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This is the story of Zoe's birth at French Hospital in 2009 and a mother's difficult decision to let go of her vision of the birth...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Rewriting Her Experience

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New big brother Lincoln thinks his new baby sister is pretty special. I think she is too. She taught her mom what a high it is to birth natu...
Friday, August 20, 2010

You Don't Know How Lucky You Are

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I don't believe the birthing women of San Luis Obispo have a clue how lucky they are. Even many of the women working in our birth commu...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Fascinating Video on Initiating Breastfeeding

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This is a must see by all pregnant moms, their partners and anyone who will be helping them at their birth. Of course we can crawl to the ni...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Why Does Birth Feel Like This?

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I found a beautiful quote posted on Denver Doula's Facebook page. "As mothers we must learn to be flexible, for the rigid tree brea...

Keeper of The Space

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This is posted for all my doula friends and other women who provide sacred space for birth. Keeper of the Space by Michelle Fonte, Birth D...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Baby Comes in a Rush!

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This is the birth story of my second child born Feb. 2, 2010 at Twin Cities Hospital. I loved being pregnant; (almost) everything about it...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

New Guidelines Aim to Reduce Repeated C-Sections

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Great reporting on an important birth issue by someone in the mainstream media! This reporter does an excellent job of thoroughly explaining...
Friday, July 9, 2010

Popular Antidepressant Linked to Major Birth Defects

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The history of Paxil gives us another look at how our medical system, consisting of medical researchers, drug companies, doctors and the FD...
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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Let's Talk about Off Label Use, Cytotec and You

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So you're pregnant. Congratulations! Guess what? Parenting starts now. It doesn't begin after you bring your baby home or even the m...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

While Waiting

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This quiet mom sent along this nice note while waiting out the days to go into labor. "Dear Jennifer, I want to thank you for all t...

Congratulations on a Successful V-BAC!

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Dear Anna, Thank you for letting me share in your journey. Your acceptance of the challenges and possible risks along your path are an insp...

More on Why Women Need to Question Authority

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From Joe Stover Sent June 30 th "Hey Mom you should check out this article. It's kind of hard to believe/disturbing." My ...
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