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Deena is Interviewed for an iHeart Radio Podcast

February 28, 2019 By Deena Leave a Comment

Back in July, I was invited to be interviewed for a new podcast, The Parentcast, with Abby Krizner of 105.9 The X and Bill Crawford of WDVE. We spent an hour discussing pregnancy, childbirth, doulas, birth plans and more. You can subscribe and listen on iHeartRadio, iTunes, or Google Play. We also filmed it, so if you want […]

Filed Under: Doulas, Featured Home Page, Into the Light, Main Blog Page, Pregnancy Tagged With: Birth Plan, Childbirth, Doula, Labor, Lamaze, Podcasts, Pregnancy

One choice affects your whole birth experience

October 26, 2015 By Deena 2 Comments

There is one choice that affects your whole birth experience. It sets the tone for your prenatal visits and affects all further choices you have during pregnancy, labor and birth. Choosing your care provider is the most important choice you can make. Do you choose an Obstetrician, Family Practice physician, Maternal Fetal Medicine or a Midwife? […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Birth Plan, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Decision making, Expectations, Lamaze, Midwife, OB, Obstetrician, Pregnancy

A doula softens a mother’s fears about her upcoming birth.

July 8, 2015 By Deena Leave a Comment

When a first birth doesn’t go as planned and a mother feels hurt, lost and afraid, she turns to her doula, Anneliese, for mentoring and support. Through her compassion and attentiveness, Anneliese lights this mother’s path so her fears are dissolved and she can move forward with grace and confidence to her upcoming birth with […]

Filed Under: Doulas, Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth Plan, C-section, Childbirth, Doula, Emotional State, Expectations, Fear, Shining Light Doulas, Traumatic Birth, VBAC

Eleven Things Nobody Told You About Your Postpartum Recovery

May 19, 2014 By Deena 1 Comment

When we are pregnant, we look forward to and prepare for birth. We write our birth plans, take our childbirth education classes, and read parenting books to prepare for baby’s arrival. After birth our focus turns to caring for the baby and caring for ourselves is often put on the back burner. Surprises with our […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth, Birth Plan, breastfeeding, Emotional State, Expectations, Motherhood, Mothers, Postpartum, Postpartum Depression

Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

January 20, 2014 By Deena 1 Comment

“Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” ~ Voltaire Recently, I read a blog post about how tea has pesticides and is dangerous and how this kind of tea bag is bad, but that one is worse, etc. Beyond the extraordinarily bad ‘research’; what I found interesting was the comments below the article. The readers bemoaned […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth Plan, Childbirth, Emotional State, Fear, Ideal Birth, Parenting, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Yamas and Niyamas

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