Last night while teaching prenatal yoga at BAX, my students and I got into a discussion of doulas. As a prenatal yoga teacher, I know plenty of doulas, and have even myself considered becoming a doula. I did not however want the kind of hours and uncertain schedule of a doula, as I have two [...]
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Posted 23 September 2009
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Tagged: Becoming A Doula, Birth Partner, Birthday Presence, Brooklyn, Cesarean Rates, Childbirth, Dona, Doulas, Forceps Delivery, Labor Support Doula, prenatal yoga, Simkin, Vacuum Extractor, Yoga Teacher
Think about who is providing your prenatal care…this will have a huge impact on your birth experience.
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Posted 01 July 2009
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Tagged: Ambivilent, Attention To Detail, Birth Experience, Care Provider, Caregiver, Doctors, Early Pregnancy, Experiences, Fabulous Vacation, Good Relationship, Hospital Protocol, Many Things, Midwife, Months Of Pregnancy, Mother And Baby, Nine Months, Obgyn, Pregnancy And Birth, Pregnancy Birth, Pregnant, Prenatal Care, Surveys
Beth’s Sample Birth Plan Birth Attendant: Birth Facility: It is our desire to have a natural, un-medicated and intervention-free childbirth. We have educated ourselves and are prepared for the work involved. I understand that all of my requests presume that I have a normal pregnancy and birth. If there is a situation that constitutes a [...]
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Posted 21 March 2009
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Tagged: Artificial Rupture Of Membranes, Birth Attendant, Birth Partner, Birth Plan, Cesarean, cesarean section, Childbirth, Cooperation, Delivery, Fetal Monitoring, Good Health, Informed Consent, Intervention Free Birth, Labor, Labor And Delivery, Medical Emergency, Medical Judgments, Medication, Pitocin, Pregnancy And Birth, Pregnancy Birth, Rupture Of Membranes, Saline, Soft Lighting, Un-Medicated Birth
I am having a Book Group meeting at Yogaworks Westside studio next Tuesday, March 24th on the topic of Birth Plans from 12:30-1:30pm. I am asking my students to read The Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer. The meeting is free. A birth plan is something that mothers-to-be might want to [...]
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Posted 18 March 2009
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Tagged: Atmosphere, Baby Birth, Birth Experience, Birth Plan, Birth Plans, book group, cesarean section, Contact, Cutting, Electronic Fetal Monitor, episiotomy, Freedom, Goer, Ideal, Labor And Delivery, Labor Delivery, Own Clothes, Partner, pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Routine IV, Skin To Skin, Support Persons, Vitamin K, Westside Studio
