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The Adventures of a Doula
Teslas, Million Dollar Homes, and a "Butter Birth" - Adventures of a Doula As a doula, I’ve had some great experiences with many couples. Some couples lead very interesting lives, very different from my own. I was expecting to hear from one of my pregnant...
Isaac’s Birth Story – Another Bradley Method Birth
My husband, Tim, and I took Liza’s Bradley Method Childbirth Class after I heard about it from a co-worker many years ago. It was something I kept in the back of my mind for when I did get pregnant, and we are so glad we made this decision. I knew it would be a good...
13 Months Later, Another Cesarean
In April 2011 I gave birth to my 3rd child, my first C-section. Four months after my C-section I found myself pregnant with my fourth child, due May 2012. Every baby is a blessing in my eyes, but I was scared and nervous about this pregnancy. The closeness of...
What To Drink And Eat During Labor
Labor is an athletic event. You will need to think ahead about what food appeals to you. Even though you are not ill, think about the kinds of foods you eat after you've been sick. You usually eat things that are light and easily digested. See the lists of suggested...
My Due Date Baby- The Birth of Warren Frances at Babies in Bloom Birth Center, A Bradley Method Birth Story
What Is This Tightness In my Belly? I had myself convinced that I was going to carry my baby far past her due date. I was expecting to feel that labor was coming. Some sort of change in my body that let me know things were going to start happening. It wasn’t until the...
Why Hot Yoga Is Not For Me
by Liza Janda E-RYT, RPYT Give me 70 Degrees Fahrenheit! I love San Diego for its temperate climate. So why in the world would I go practice hot yoga in 105 degrees? I remember hot summer days in Baltimore, MD. I think the words that comes to mind are “oppressive...
Fear Not, For I Am With You-Family Home Birth Story
Ignore Your Labor and Your Pre-Labor! By early February Pre-labor contractions began getting strong enough to regularly awaken me at night. I would time them for a while and then decide to ignore them and go back to sleep. “Ignore your labor” is what we had been...
Your Baby Needs You Relaxed – Practice Relaxation Before Labor
In our society, the idea of labor being excruciating is ingrained in our minds. Relaxation in labor? What? Is that even possible to relax during labor? We've seen TV shows and movies that create so much drama around the process of giving birth. It's no wonder so many...
3 Simple Things To Do To Avoid An Unnecessary Labor Induction
Here’s how to make sure you don’t get labor induced, unnecessarily, because of low AFI (amniotic fluid index). If you do all you can to make sure you are fully hydrated, and you still have low AFI, then that may indicate a problem and getting labor induced may...
Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth: How To Breathe During Labor Contractions
We’ve all seen videos or TV shows with a pregnant mom doing the Lamaze breathing that goes something like this, “hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha.” Well, besides sounding a little ridiculous, who in the...