What would your life be like if you knew only day but not night. Or what if you only knew hot, and not cold? Or what if you knew only sadness, and not happiness. What if there were only male and not female? Being born into the world means being born into duality. Duality simply means that our understanding …
Research shows that “both psychosocial stress and pregnancy-specific stresses can have marked effects on pregnancy, maternal health, and human development across the lifespan.” Moreover, both animal and human studies suggest that activation of what is referred to as the “maternal stress response” and resulting changes in endocrine and inflammatory activity can span generations. This is …
One of the beauties of a strong and vibrant community of birth workers is that our conversations quickly delve into conceptual yet crucial topics such as human rights in birth, the effects of language and persona on confidence, power dynamics in the laboring room. This talk brings us, as birth professionals, to a higher plane …
A qualified resource where the worlds of hospital, birth center, and homebirth co-exist? A place where parents’ choices are respected, where information isn’t condemning, but enlightening? A resource like that simply didn’t exist… until now. In this post, you will learn how Birthpedia is changing the way information about birth is being presented and why future parents and …
Our Birth Doula training is very comprehensive and includes not only Optimal Pelvic Positioning and “The Four Principles,” but also ways in which to enhance character development. One of the ways we do this is by having our students complete the BirthWorks Doula Journal Workbook in which one of the exercises is to write responses …
I was 40 weeks and 6 days pregnant when I woke at 6am to my waters breaking. It was a small trickle, but I knew today would be the day we would meet our third child. I woke my husband, text my doula, and called my midwife. Since this would be a VBAC, I had …
Birthing in the Spirit She labored in the water, feeling her body becoming lighter as her abdomen tightened in another contraction. Her partner looked at her saying, “Are you okay?” with a thumbs up to encourage her. She smiled back at him looking relaxed in the water. But inside she felt huge. Her mind was …
BirthWorks is a comprehensive program that works to improve birth and health for the whole person. We address many issues that help keep a woman in the perinatal period healthy so she has a better chances of growing a healthy baby, having a transformative birth, and being of sound mind, body, and spirit during the …
As a Libra, balance has always been an important concept for me. As I have worked in birth for so many years, the concept of balance becomes even more important. There is a very fine line of balance in the body, physiologically, as when our temperature is even one degree higher than normal, we feel …
My name is Ashton Gelzinis, and I am one of the founders of Birth Naturally Brevard, LLC, a childbirth education and doula service business. My partners, Julie O’Neill and Elizabeth McLean, and I have served women in Brevard for several years and love every minute. We are also the owners of a small retail shop …
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