Upon us is another holiday weekend, although many people don’t take this seriously, the world around us is certainly different. Stores are closed, offices are closed, banks are closed, to name a few places. When it’s baby time, it’s baby time. Baby chooses the date to arrive and whether or not the world around is on holiday, baby does not
Tag Archives: Natural
When They are ready
This week I want to talk about babies arriving when they are ready to. The medical world at some point decided that they knew better than babies on the subject, and so inductions were born. They play with women’s emotions and the fact that they are tired and want to meet their baby. Most of the time they are successful
These are my hours
This is the long awaited film about a woman’s journey through birth. It is raw and natural, beautiful and undiluted. A real and refreshing film, there have been many films made on birth, but like this one, there are none. Enjoy it share it and above all talk about it, it is our daughters and our granddaughters who need us
Natural Birth in a Hospital!
Most birth Stories involve an induction followed by a cascade of interventions, and almost half the time these interventions end up in a c-birth, as I prefer to call it. Deciding whether to birth at home or in a hospital can be a difficult decision, especially if your birth team is not totally on board with it, and then there
Rebozos: A doula’s magical relaxation tool
Rebozos is a long Mexican woven scarf and a baby wearing tool. A rebozo has some amazing uses, I want to share how awesome they are as a labour helper and even better how they can reduce the time of labour for many birthing women. Let’s talk about this one technique we call the belly sifting. This is a technique
Birth Doula Attendance Statistics: Shorter labour, less epidural requests.
Hi, I am Claire Anne, and would like to share some very important statistics, studies have shown when Doulas assist Births. Doulas use very natural comfort measures to help birthing Moms through labour and transition and finally birth. A doula’s focus is entirely for the benefit of Mom and Baby. With a doula’s constant support, gentle manner and sharp observation,