Use your BRAIN(ED): Navigating Choices in Childbirth using THIS easy to remember Acronym
Use your BRAIN(ED) In childbirth today, women have more choices than ever in history. There are high tech options, surgical interventions, low tech management options, pharmacological interventions, pain medications, augmentation capabilities, natural remedies, and...
What are Your Hospital’s Statistics?
This information was pulled from The Joint Commission. Highlighted hospitals are hospitals I attended most, although, I attend MANY other hospitals and home births as well. And these rates were found at www.cesareanrates.com Are you surprised by any of these numbers?...
Are you experiencing PPD?
Postpartum Depression It’s a topic that we tend to overlook when preparing for a baby, because we think it will never happen to us. Or we decide we will cross that bridge when we get there if we get there. It’s a rather depressing and confusing thing to...
My labor will be HOW LONG? What will it be like?
A “textbook” labor is said to look something like this – depending on the “book”. Early labor is from 0-3 cm and can last anywhere from 12-18 hours. Active labor is from 4-7 cm and can last anywhere from 8-12 hours. The transition is from 8-10 cm and can last...
Doulas Benefit Providers TOO!
By now, many people know and understand the way birth doulas support mothers in labor and how this support creates healthier births. While the research backs it up, it’s kind of just plain old common sense. Women need support on the biggest day of their life,...
The Most Important Tool of a Doula
When doulas meet with the expecting families they will potentially support, one of the main questions often posed is, “what tools do you bring with you to the hospital and which are most important?” Over the years, my answer has changed. From tennis ball...
The Benefits of Birth Interventions
The “birth community” has a rather unfortunate reputation that precedes us. Some tend to come across as harsh and judgmental toward western medication, not unlike this childbirth educator in the 2008 comedy, Baby Mama. We rather giggle about this...
You won’t believe what Professor Von Hans says about Placenta Encapsulation!
https://newlifeblessings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/von_hans_puppet_445.mp4 Today, Professor Hans Von Puppet stopped by to share his experience with New Life Blessings’ Placenta Encapsulation. “When my wife said she was having New Life Blessings make...