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Building empowerment, self-confidence and connection through candid education and compassionate advocacy for all families before, during and after pregnancy.

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Private Childbirth Classes, and Other Changes to Shining Light

July 27, 2020 By Deena Leave a Comment

As you may have noticed, Shining Light has undergone some transitions since mid-March. I’ll take you through the past few months and into an exciting and broader-scope future.

Filed Under: Featured Home Page, Into the Light, Main Blog Page, Uncategorized Tagged With: Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, coaching, Lamaze, Pregnancy, Prenatal Yoga, private classes

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

The One Question You Should Never Ask a Doula

February 18, 2019 By Deena 2 Comments

Before hiring a doula, clients interview them. This is a time to get to know the doula, learn about the compliment of services offered and see if the doula is a good fit for the client. However, it happens fairly often that a client will as the one question they shouldn’t.

Filed Under: Doulas, Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Childbirth, Communication, Decision making, Doula, Expectations, Ideal Birth, Motherhood, Mothers

What do dads do during labor, anyway?

October 18, 2018 By Deena Leave a Comment

Dads /Partners often come into my childbirth classes or doula consultations with a feeling of unease when I ask them, “What do you want your role to be during birth?”. Beyond “support her”, they often don’t have a clear picture of what options they have, what she might need (or not need), how to express […]

Filed Under: Featured Home Page, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Dad, Doula, Expectations, Fathers, Labor, Lamaze

No Dirty Shoelaces for the Umbilical Cord, Ever!

May 31, 2018 By Deena Leave a Comment

Yet again, I read about it. A baby born in the car, on the way to the hospital, and the 911 operator coached the father to tie off the umbilical cord with his dirty shoelace. We should NEVER be tying off an umbilical cord with non-sterile items. Why not? In a word, bacteria. There are […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: 911, Baby, Birth, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Delayed Cord Clamping, Emergency Birth, Pregnancy, Umbilical Cord

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