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• 10 Helpful Hints for Pregnancy Labor and Postpartum
• 3 Common Aches and Pains of Pregnancy and How to Fix them!
• 5 Questions To Ask BEFORE Your Birth
• 50 Ways to Scare a Mother
• 7 Tricks of the Tradesť to Help You Have a Better L
• A Mother's Intentions
• Amniotomy: To Break or Not to Break!
• An Inspirational Birth
• An Ode to the Amish: Childbirth Without Pain
• Anyone Over 30 Should Be Dead
• Are Women Making Bigger Babies?
• Are You Getting The Right Nutrition While Breastfeeding?
• Balancing Motherhood with Work and Life- the Great Delusion!
• Be A Smart Consumer And Educate Yourself!
• Birth is Normal, Natural and Healthy
• Birth Plan vs Hospital Protocol
• Birth Plans A B and C
• Birth Stories From Our Community
• Birth Trauma
• Birthing Positions:Don't Just Take it Lying Down
• Breastfeeding While Pregnant?
• Breastfeeding: Getting the Support You Need
• Breathing for Labor A Yogic Point of View
• Brilliant Words From Penny Simkin!!
• Catching Some Great Zzzzzs
• Celebrity Births. The Good. The Bad. The Influence
• Cervical Dilation and Effacement
• Change Is Not Something We Should Fear.
• Childbirth Education Classes Why? When? Where?
• Choice and Safety of Home Birth: An Ongoing Discussion
• CNN Article: Ripple effect seen from rising C-sections in first-time moms
• Comfort Measures for Mom: The Inside of My Doula Bag!
• Debunking the Difficult Doula
• Dispelling a Myth About the Umbilical Cord
• Do We Over Value Technology to Personal Touch
• Doulas
• Due Day? Due Week? Due Month?
• Early C-Section Carries Risks Study Finds
• Easing Back Into a Fitness Routine After Birth
• Eating Chocolate During Pregnancy Can Be Beneficial!
• Eating During Labor
• Educate Yourself Know Your Birth Options
• Elective Surgery: Nose Job. Breast Augmentation. Cesare
• Epidurals: The Pros and The Cons
• Episiotomy or Natural Tear?
• Estimate Fetal Birth Weight and Shoulder Dystocia
• Explanation of Fetal Positions; Part 2
• Explanation of Fetal Positions; What Poses Are Benefici
• Fear Not!
• Find Your Advocate
• Finding the Right Doctor 101: Starting from the VERY Beginning
• Finding Your Community
• Get a Move On!
• Get On the Ball!
• Get To Know Your Muscles 'Way Down There': The Importance of Kegels
• Group B Strep: Guidelines for Pregnancy
• Happy Father's Day to the Neglected Warrior
• Home Birth: Is This the Next 'Right to Choose' ?!
• Hormonal Blueprint of Labor
• Hospital's Oxytocin Protocol Change Sharply Reduces Emergency C-Section Share
• How Much Is Too Much Weight To Gain When Pregnant?
• How to Recruit and Prepare Labor Support
• Interviewing Pediatricians
• Is Pregnancy Public Domain?
• Keeping A Cesarean Birth As Intimate As Possible
• Know the Statistics; Don't Be One
• Labor and Birth With An Epidural
• Labor Pains Don't Be Caught Unprepared
• Largest Study of it's Kind States: Home births 'as safe as hospital'
• Let Your Monkey Do It
• Long Labors
• Low Level of Amniotic Fluid - No Risk to Normal Birth
• Making a Hospital Birth More Like Home
• Making Our Own Decisions
• Mantras: A Tool for Birth and Beyond!
• Medical Indications for Cesarean Sections Fact vs Myth
• Medical Intervention Helpful or Not?
• Moving During Labor
• My (42 hour labor) Birth Story
• My Book List!
• My Impressions of the First Trimester
• My Job as a Doula: The Most Rewarding Experience
• My Labor Has Started. Now What?!
• Natural Alternatives to Induce Labor
• New Guidelines For Induction
• New Policy Now Supports VBAC (Vaginal Births After Cesarean)
• New Study: Doula Care Lowers Cesarean Rate
• Newborn Procedures
• Nutritional Preparations to Help With Labor
• Open Throat Open Vagina
• Over Exhaustion During Pregnancy: What to do?
• Paging Dr. Feel Good
• Pain During Labor
• Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy
• Perineal Massage
• Placenta Previa and Prenatal Yoga
• Playing the Field
• Postpartum Depression
• Practice Makes Perfect - Even Practicing for Labor!
• Preeclampsia Awareness Month
• Pregnant Not Fat
• Prenatal Yoga Center Starts a Blog
• Prenatal Yoga May Result in Less Labor Pain Shorter Labor
• Prenatal Yoga: What Poses Can I Do?
• Prenatal Yoga: Your Practice on the Mat can Prepare You
• Preparing for Postpartum
• PROM: Premature Rupture of the Membranes
• Recent Artcile Childbirth: Can the U.S. Improve?
• Relax into the Restorative Pose!
• Skin and Hair During and After Pregnancy
• Some Shots From My Scrapbook
• Sometimes You Need to Just Get Away
• Squatting Births
• Step Away From the DRAMA!
• Strong Amniotic Sac Less Likely To Rupture
• Study Finds Benefits For Skin to Skin contact with Newborn
• Study: Home Birth With Midwife As Safe As Hospital Birth
• Surrendering to Pregnancy Labor and Motherhood
• Talking Openly and Honestly With Your Care Provider
• TED Talk; From Conception To Birth With Alexander Tsiaras
• The Birth - Insurance Relationship and Ways to Avoid a C-section
• The Business of Being Born ¦Please See This Movi
• The Doctor The Midwife The Nurse and The Doula
• The Farm: part I
• The Gate Control Theory of Pain Management in Childbirth and the Epidural
• The Importance of Continuous Labor Support
• The Lost Art of Touch
• The MUST Have Talk Before Labor
• The Pelvic Floor Prolapse and Pregnancy
• The Pregnant Teacher
• The Sphincter Law and Childbirth
• The US has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world. Why?
• The War Against VBACs
• This too shall pass
• To Cesarean or Not To Cesarean
• Trying to Avoid A Cesarean Birth
• Understanding Labor Induction
• Understanding Low Amniotic Fluid In Late Pregnancy
• Understanding the Signposts of Labor
• Updating a Standard: Fetal Monitoring
• Video: Reducing Infant Mortality
• What is a Doula?
• What is the Difference Between a Postpartum Doula & Baby Nurse?
• When You Can't Have The Birth You Want
• Where Does Dad Belong During Labor?
• Where You Birth DOES Matters
• Whose Schedule Are We On Anyway?!
• Yoga In the First Trimester
• Your Abdominal Muscles Can Help You Push Your Baby Out