Now onto the transformation in the medical domain. We visit the doctor’s office on a regular basis, and the rhythm there becomes part of our ritual. Waiting room, weigh-in, blood pressure, urine sample, questions for doctor, sonogram…internal exam. A transformation in the formal education domain occurs. Pregnancy is a time for many women and their [...]
Think about who is providing your prenatal care…this will have a huge impact on your birth experience.
In my last post, I talked about the Hormonal Blueprint of labor. This “blueprint”, if you will, guides the body into it’s natural, normal labor and birthing process. And then in turn, sets us up with a nice “cocktail” of hormones that get us to bond with our baby, to feed and care for it. [...]
I just finished reading Your Best Birth, by Ricki Lake, Abby Epstein and Jacques Moritz. These are the gals that brought us a great movie, The Business of Being Born, a really fabulous look at our maternity care in here in the US. The book read like great advise from girlfriends…albeit your really smart and [...]
