Tag Archives: birth options

13May

Thoughts on Technology, Medical Intervention, & Birth

“You must yourself take responsibility for your own birth, including the decision to have technology used on you and your baby. Remember, technology is not good or bad. How technology is used can be good or bad. Airplanes can be used to carry you to visit your family or can be used to drop bombs [...]

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21Jan

How to Choose Your Doula

Finding the right doula for my son’s birth was a lot easier than I thought it would be. In fact, my husband and I knew right away when we met our doula, that we’d be working with her. She was the first doula we interviewed, and after we got in the car following the interview, [...]

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13Jan

Do You Doula?

The following short documentary film, “Do You Doula?”, was filmed for a video challenged sponsored by Birth Matters Virginia, and it is a wonderful introduction to, and explanation of, the important role doulas play in the birthing experience. This video would be a wonderful resource to show someone in your family who’s unsure about whether [...]

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11Jan

A BOLD New Way to Look at Birth

Social media: can’t live with it, can’t live without it. That’s my overall feeling about Twitter, Facebook, IM’ing, email, and the like. But, I have to say, the rewards of being wired into a sisterhood of web-savvy birthworkers are many. I learn so much from those who are online talking, sharing, and caring about and [...]

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