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If there is just one message that I would like to get across to anyone who is interested in childbirth, it’s this: Women, you own your birth. Not your doctor, not your midwife, not your doula. You own it. Let me explain. I subscribe to “Unassisted Childbirth” in my email through Google Alerts. It’s a [...]
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After two hospital births, I chose to give birth to my third child at home unassisted. I get lots of questions from curious people. Still, there are many others who stay silent but still wonder why I and other women make that choice. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding unassisted childbirth. I am hoping [...]
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Today I took a tour of our hospital’s new maternity ward. They’re calling it a “Birthing Center”, which is a very common occurrence around the country. The renovations are great, but overall they are not offering many more options than when I gave birth there years ago. The fact is, a hospital gives limitations to [...]
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I was simply delighted when I received a request to review Ina May’s new book Birth Matters. As a fan of her work, I wondered if this book would just rehash information and ideas from her previous books. I hoped that we would finally get a better glimpse into her thoughts on the current state [...]
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