You all have been asking for it, so here it is – Deena’s ever fabulous birth plan template! This is a bit longer than I usually suggest. Your birth plan should be one page, chronological, bullet points. It should cover the most important points to you. These are *my* important points. So, if you are […]
Day 2, morning – Lamaze Innovative Learning Forum 2012 – Redux
After finally getting 7 hours of sleep it was my turn to teach. Yours truly, “Morning exercise session – Prenatal Yoga: Learning proper alignment and taking it into your childbirth classes.” Teaching at 7:30 am is not my best time of day… especially on mediocre hotel room coffee and no breakfast. However, I think I […]
Day 1 – Lamaze Innovative Learning Forum 2012 – Redux
I’ve broken up this post into three parts. There’s a lot of information and a lot that happened at the conference this year. Here’s Part 1 for you! 2012 was the year of country music. We were in Nashville, TN for this year’s conference. The conference was shorter by a full day due to the […]
Aurelia’s Birth Story
Amy and Pedro came to my Confident Birthing class this summer. Here is Aurelia’s birth story. Enjoy! Aurelia’s birth went really well, we were very lucky. I had a very long prelabor – started getting light contractions on the evening of Saturday the 8th but was able to get some sleep and did not experience any real discomfort. […]
Penny Simkin was in Pittsburgh and I got to meet her!
On Monday, 10/15/2012, I had the honor and the pleasure of meeting and learning from the incomparable Penny Simkin. She happened to be in town for a conference and took some time out of her busy schedule to meet with a small group of doulas, childbirth educators and midwives at a local Panera. (note to […]