Doulas
A Birth Plan: Obstetrician’s Disclosure Sent One Mom Running
A pregnant woman posted a document she received from her obstetrician to a forum on AllNurses.com prefaced with the following:
I’m 26 weeks with my 3rd (1st 2 were hospital births) and at my last appointment my OB folding a piece of paper in half and handed it to my husband. He told us it was [...]
The key to changing C-section trend
Dated practices only drag out labour, specialists say. As Sharon Kirkey writes in the final part of her series, new ways of thinking are needed to cut the soaring number of surgical births in Canada
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Taking the fear and uncertainty out of childbirth
Toronto Community News
By MARIA TZAVARAS May 08, 2009 12:26 PM
Doulas provide around the clock support to expectant mothers
The prospect of giving birth can be a scary thing for first-time expectant mothers.There are so many changes and so many questions that go along with being pregnant that having a support group of women who have experienced [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Doulas deliver help for birthing moms
The lights were dimmed, soft music was playing and a scented candle burned on the counter. In the center of it all was Julie Trotter — moaning through hard labor contractions. For more than six hours, Trotter, a 23-year-old from Duluth, Georgia, tried different techniques to ease the pain of natural childbirth. Not only was her husband offering encouragement, but so was her doula, Kai Martin Short…
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