Cathy Daub, PT CD, CCE (BWI) by Cathy Daub, BWI President A few weeks ago when I was seeking donations for the silent auction at our recent Celebrating Birth event, I walked into a store. The woman at the counter was about seven months pregnant with her first baby. We started talking about her plans for giving birth. As I was …
Kerstin Unvas-Moberg This is Part Two of BWI President Cathy Daub’s report on the Mid-Pacific Womb Ecology Conference, held in Honolulu, HI in October of 2012. From a lecture by Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg MD, PhD Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg began her lecture by describing oxytocin as a highly charged protein that does not pass membranes easily. Thus, it …
This is Part 1 of Cathy Daub’s report on the Mid-Pacific Womb Ecology Conference, held in Honolulu, HI in October 2012. By Cathy Daub, BWI President In October of 2012, I had the pleasure of attending the Mid-Pacific Womb Ecology Conference in Honolulu, HI. The concept of Womb Ecology, which is promoted by Michel Odent, …
By Cathy Daub, BWI President When Roanna Rosewood contacted me and asked me to be part of her birth visionaries platform for the launching of her new book “Cut, Stapled, and Mended,” I immediately accepted. Her book is her story of having had two cesareans followed by a VBAC. It is conversational and enjoyable …
Presentation at the Virtua Voorhees Hospital by Cathy Daub, PT I recently gave two presentations on “Supporting Women Without Epidurals” at Virtua Voorhees, the local hospital in Marlton, NJ. The hospital has approximately 5,500 births per year and a 43% cesarean rate. New Jersey and Florida have the highest cesarean rates in the country. My …
Elizabeth Carrollton writes about defective medical devices and dangerous drugs for Drugwatch.com. One of the main reasons pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs is due to childbirth. The stress of birth can, in some cases, shift the organs in the pelvis from their normal positions. The most common organs affected during childbirth are the bladder and …
Written By: Cathy Daub, PT (BWI President) When I first read about one of the latest new innovations in technology called the EPI-NO, my thought was, “What will they think of next?” This is a device whose purpose is to increase pelvic floor musculature during pregnancy, and after 36 weeks to stretch out the perineum …
Combine, mixing well: 2 Ripe bananas 1/2 cup agave nectar 8 oz. plain organic yogurt 2 eggs 2 Tablespoons of sunflower oil 2 Tablespoons of unsweetened soy milk In another bowl, mix: 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup dried coconut 1. Preheat oven …
At every turn of life, there is a choice to make. When I was pregnant with my daughter, who was a single footling breech, I had to decide whether to go into labor or opt for a Cesarean two weeks before my due date like the doctors advised. I took the time to think about …
These delicious cookies are used to help a breastfeeding mother increase her milk supply. They taste great and really work! If you have any other helpful hints for increasing your supply please feel free to post them in out comments section! LACTATION COOKIES Ingredients 1 C butter 1 C sugar 1 C brown sugar 4 …
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