If you’re in need of further doula training, or are interested in hearing Debra Pascali-Bonaro speak on having a “Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth Experience” you are in luck!! Belly Bliss has two special offerings you need to know about.
The first collection of stories have been posted to the Web site for The Pushing Project. Please visit www.thedoulaguide.com/pushing for inspiring stories about the second stage of birth which safely lasted from 5 to 14 hours.
The goal of The Pushing Project is to demonstrate that current time limits on second stage of 2 to 3 hours are arbitrary and not evidence-based, and to expand options for laboring women.
Stories and research are being added on an ongoing basis. If you are a mother or birth professional, please submit YOUR story of a second stage which lasted 7 hours or longer.
Use these simple guidelines and email your story to ananda@thedoulaguide.com:
Tell your story in less than 350 words.
Use terms the general public will understand or explain unfamiliar medical terms.
Check spelling and punctuation so the story is ready to publish.
If the story is about you, use details you feel comfortable sharing with the public.
If the story is not about you, make sure there are no identifying details about the mother. For example, instead of saying “Labor started on Thursday,” say “on day one of labor.” Instead of saying “mom pushed from 5 PM until midnight,” say “seven hours after mom started pushing, the baby was born.”
Include your first and last name, and what city and state you live in (and country, if outside the US).
Ananda Lowe
Co-author, The Doula Guide to Birth
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TFJ: What services do you provide or products do you offer?
Pivotal Wellness: We provide chiropractic care for prenatal, postnatal, family, and sports related kids and adults. In conjunction we utilize mostly deep tissue/neural-muscular massage but we also offer prenatal, postnatal, children and adults with varying techniques. We believe in the balancing and strengthening learned through Yoga. We currently have private and semi-private all levels yoga classes including, prenatal, postnatal, and our famous yoga for Kids: ‘Yoga-urt’, ages 4-12 on Tuesdays at 4pm. Nutrition is very important. We help our clients to reach maximum benefit through dietary nutrition and offer supplement when necessary, such as, Active Folate which is a methylated version of folic acid, the neurologically active form of Folic acid. At our location we also offer acupuncture for all ages, and life and business coaching.
TFJ: How does your business support the nursing relationship?
Pivotal Wellness: Dr. Cathy Hollstrom is a prime example of our support for breastfeeding; she currently works at Pivotal Wellness as a Chiropractor and continues to breast feed our 10 month old daughter Kali. We have several quiet areas that may be use to deliver those crucial nutrients. We can assist the growing pains that come with a growing belly and breasts. We also support mothers by adjusting their back, and teach exercises and stretches to help with any discomforts that may be associated with nursing. Let us not forget the fathers, they are a major part of the support unit and they need to function optimally as well. We have affiliations with lactation consultants such as Kim Lenderts whom we refer to, as needed.
TFJ: Describe a situation when you feel your dedication to being a Breastfeeding Friendly business made a difference for a client.
Pivotal Wellness: This happens often as we have several families that frequent our office. Always the most notables are the new mothers who are not only still learning the skill of nursing but need not have undue pressure for public compliance. We welcome and encourage all to feel comfortable nursing their little ones and assist with any questions pertaining to breastfeeding.
Additional info: Mention this posting for a discounted initial exam and adjustment, with one of our Chiropractors for only $35 or an initial massage with Felicia for $45.
Visit the Pivotal Wellness website for more information
Here’s a great online resource for parents and professionals. Check out Birthing From Within’s online articles.
According to this msn article, more women are choosing to birth without a doctor or midwife. It’s odd that it’s called “do-it-yourself-birth” because, even with a supportive midwife or doctor, birth is ‘do-it-yourself’.
We had a wonderful reaction to sharing our birth art at last year’s BOLD event and we still have a few spaces to fill for this year’s art display on September 26th. Whether your piece is complete or in progress, raw or polished, please share! We’ll be displaying artwork in the lobby at Lory Student Center during our vendor fair and throughout the performance of Karen Brody’s play, Birth.
For questions about submitting a piece, contact Stephanie, our art coordinator ASAP at (970)988-6306 or steph.r.rayburn@gmail.com.
Cindy Crawford discusses her path toward choosing homebirth, telling (or not) her family and friends, and her labor. This is listed in 3 parts, and the next will be available Monday.
Heather Janssen, editor of get born magazine, led us through a variety of exercises and urged us to explore what being a writer means, and how writing is important to us. Our final assignment was to write a tabloid article announcing the end to one of the major problems with maternity care. Here’s what one participant wrote:
Who: Doctors, Midwives.
What: C-sections are performed less than 5% of the time. As a result, mothers are breastfeeding longer, children are becoming more attached, mothers are recovering faster. etc.
When: For the year 2010.
Where: Hospitals, Birthing Center, Home.
How: The prevalence of interventions (i.e., drugs, induction, etc.) have become highly discouraged in recent years.
Why: Because of the negative effects on mom and baby.
Heather Janssen, editor of get born magazine, led us through a variety of exercises and urged us to explore what being a writer means, and how writing is important to us. Our final assignment was to write a tabloid article announcing the end to one of the major problems with maternity care. Here’s what one participant wrote:
C-Sections at All Time Low!
Trailing on the heels of the revitalized homebirth/natural birth movement over the last 40 years, more OBs are refusing elective and non-essential cesarean sections than ever before. Down from a high of 30% in 2009, fewer than 5% of babies are now born via c-section. 30% of women now give birth at home, 70% of women choose a midwife as their primary birth attendant. Both direct-entry midwives and certified nurse midwives (CNMs) are now licensed in all 50 states. Kim Lenderts, a homebirth midwife in Fort Collins, CO, attributes this, at least in part, to the sweeping changes in the insurance industry over the past 10 years. “Midwives are now reimbursed for the work they do, on part with obstetricians. And malpractice rules have changed, reducing the OB’s fear of litigation, and decreased the “need” for c-sections. We’ve been working toward this for a long time.”
Doctors Marti Glenn, Marsden Wagner and Sarah Buckley, along with many other respected birth professionals, join forces to help create better healthcare policies in the film Reducing Infant Mortality and Improving the Health of Babies.