The biomedical and systems approaches to labor and birth by Cathy Daub P.T. This article was recently published in the magazine Pathways To Family Wellness, Issue 48. The knowledge of how to give birth is already inside every woman. Women need encouragement to have more faith in, and a greater appreciation for, their bodies’ wisdom. …
What better way to show cardinal movement, rotation of a baby through the pelvis, than by demonstrating with The Baby Way, manufactured by BirthWorks International. This is an “Ah Ha” moment for any pregnant woman, helping her to understand the importance of movement in labor. A must have tool for any Childbirth Educator, Doula, or …
Choosing a childbirth education program has been a struggle for me, until I found BirthWorks International. Some programs place a heavy value on one “method” over another. Some will provide tools parents need to cope with a birth at a home or at a hospital but rarely will help women develop a universal “know-how” and help …
You’ve read the books. You’ve conducted your hospital surveys. You’ve written your topic papers and completed your medical study critiques along with other requirements. You’ve attended a BirthWorks Childbirth Education Workshop. You’ve read the BirthWorks 500+ page comprehensive Educator Manual and completed your Comprehensive Essay Exam. You’ve advertised for your first practicum class and there …
The Essential Homebirth Guide is my new favorite book. It is wondrous, wise, and woman-centered. It is really the only book like it on the market for families planning or considering birthing at home. It’s also a great resource for homebirth midwives and childbirth educators looking to provide a valuable educational resource to expectant parents. …
In thinking about how birth has been viewed throughout the ages, it wasn’t that long ago that childbirth was considered a mystery – one that engendered both fear and joy. The process of how an embryo developed in the uterus or how the actual birth could impact the development of the baby was not known …
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 cannot be …
There are many prenatal programs that have been developed over the years to help women cope with childbirth. The first childbirth education programs in America were conceived by men such as Dr. Fernand Lamaze, a French Obstetrician who introduced The Lamaze Method in 1951 through observing birthing techniques in Russia. Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, an English …
Presentation at the Virtua Voorhees Hospital 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 audience consisted of doctors, …
Value of a Doula When people ask me what I do, I always respond by saying, “I’m a doula and a childbirth educator.” And then I wait. I wait for the look of uncertainty to fill the face of the person who asked me the question, or for them to say, “What’s a doula?” The …
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