The year was 1974 and it was my first pregnancy. Leading up to this time, I had educated myself about the birthing process by reading loads of books and magazines, and also attending nearby hospital birthing classes. Although I was a first time mother-to-be, I had a degree in zoology, so I already understood the …
The joys of motherhood are many, but nothing quite compares to the feeling of your baby lying on your chest after an arduous labor and birth. After this point, you will begin to heal from pregnancy and birth and that starts with the normal process of postpartum bleeding. Whether you’ve had a vaginal birth or …
Water birth has many wonderful benefits and is safe (for most mothers and babies*). There is a strong connection between mother’s fear, feeling safe in birth, the impact and importance of birth place, and how to assure love pervades the birthing context (learn more here). Water birth helps all of these very significant things. When …
Women who already experienced past trauma – and others who also experience the loss of a child and/or other related perinatal losses – have doubly challenging circumstances to overcome on their path to parenthood. There are not many resources about trauma’s real impact in birth, and even less on the combined impact on survivors AND …
Doula Journal Workbook ~Creative Expression by Justice Mentz, BWI Birth Doula Cross-Certification Student I had the privilege of taking these photographs during amazing and powerful births that I supported. I learn something new with each of these births and any new births I attend. Just by observing, I see a lot of mothers with their eyes closed. …
by Jillian Aragon, current BWI Birth Doula student, living in Switzerland Becoming a Doula I want women to believe in themselves. Yes! I want all women to become more connected to their bodies. I believe this job offers me and my clients an incredibly important investment in their wellbeing, and the well-being of all female …
by Dr. Tiffany Jones, BirthWorks Childbirth Educator certification student I attended a virtual Childbirth Educator Workshop in August not really knowing what to expect. The “forever student” part of my brain thought we might be focused on science and statistics because so much of my educational experience has been such. I was initially wary of …
by Stephanie Lynn Tanner It’s been several weeks since the beginning of the BirthWorks CBE training I went to in Iowa City, and life has had to move on. I wish I could say that I’ve done more processing and debriefing since, but unlike those three days in the comfort of a safe environment, I’ve …
by Cathy Daub, Founder and President of BWI It is no surprise that we are contaminating our environment with toxins. What is not as well known is that some of these “forever chemicals” cannot be destroyed, and may be still another cause of preterm birth. A premature birth by definition is one that occurs before the 37th week …
by Christine Wood, BWI Childbirth Educator student “… all physical functions are affected by what is going on in our minds. Breathing, digestion, elimination of waste, heart rate and blood pressure, and in labour uterine function, are profoundly affected by emotions, beliefs and relationships. It has been known for a long time that stress can …
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