Monday, February 25, 2013

"It's All Happening..."

That keeps running through my head, because, IT IS.
I am bubbling over with excitement about childbirth again.
I want to learn.
I want to contribute.
I want to help.
I want to be fearless.
It is ~all happening~.

I'm all about throwing away stuff I don't need.
Stuff that doesn't serve me, or fuel life any more.
Usually it's a quick and easy assessment.

This blog has stuck around, for years now.
I haven't deleted it yet. I haven't pulled the trigger on that simple key stroke that would erase so many of these aggressive, maybe slightly biased and maybe embarrassing posts. I've tried to tone them down a bit. I've added a keyword search for important posts. I've deleted the random snippets, in order to focus in on education of the birth and pregnancy process.

My goal is to provide honest, "evidenced-based" information to families facing this adventure. This blog might also include some *birthie* current events, rumors, ideas, and inspiration. 

It is such an emotional time of life. I want to be a reassuring, constant presence, and sounding-board to help ensure confidence in their decisions. I want all mothers to look back on their birth experience and be fueled by their own fire, no matter what the path ends up looking like.

I want women to be confident in their bodies, and confident in their choice of a birthing team, and above-all to go into birth feeling...

~SAFE~

~RESPECTED~

~HONORED~

The tools seem to have fallen in to my hands. The inspiration has cracked me over the head like a hammer.
People have wandered into my path that seem so much like angelic guides, I cannot ignore the message anymore. I am taking action and jumping in with both feet. 

Here is my own birth of sorts....


I am a pretty proud mama.

We shall see where it all leads. 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Studies Enforce Doula Benefits...AGAIN

"She was the blessing of my life."

A Unversity of Minnesota study, which looked at births among low-income families, found the odds of needing a cesarean were 40 percent lower when women had support from a doula.



Led by Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the School of Public Health's Division of Health Policy and Management, the study shows:

  • Doula support may improve birth outcomes for diverse, low-income women
  • State Medicaid programs offering coverage for birth doulas could potentially save taxpayer dollars

http://www.health.umn.edu/healthtalk/2013/02/14/doula-care-for-low-income-women-could-save-taxpayers-money/

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Birth Can Be Amazing

Get your childbirth education.
EARLY.