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Choosing Your VBAC Care Provider
A few months ago, I had the privilege to present at an ICAN meeting on the topic of Choosing Your VBAC Care Provider. Because there is trauma from birth sometimes and because having a sudden c-section can add to that trauma, moms are usually more anxious during the subsequent pregnancy about birth. I hope this post from my presentation will help you to pick your best team for your healthiest in every way birth. Although it was presented at an ICAN meeting, any mom or mom to be may find the information helpful AND empowering. So …here goes! When we mention care provider, most of us will think in terms…
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What is a doula?
International Doula Month What is a doula? Years ago, birth was very different than it is today. Women were surrounded and supported by other women during their labor. They brought with them experience, wisdom, and skill. They witnessed birth and knew every laboring mother had her own journey that may be different from another mother’s and even different from her own previous labor journey. In the early 1900’s, medical care began to specialize and the field of Obstetrics was formed. Birth moved into the medical arena and eventually into the hospital. With this change, witnessing normal physiologic birth, the belief in birth as a normal process, and woman to woman…
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Have I ever prevented a C-section?
How one C-section may have been prevented by choosing best plan, provider, place of birth, support team, doula, and childbirth preparation class.
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When is the best time to hire a doula?
Answering the question about when is the best time to hire a birth doula and the benefits of having a birth doula during each trimester.
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VBAC Birth Dreaming
Learn about planning for a VBAC or any birth by using your dream birth vision. Dream births can come true.
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