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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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An Interview with New Mom, Samantha

August 28, 2013 By Deena Leave a Comment

Your name: Samantha Partner’s name: James Baby’s birthdate: 8/5/2013 1. What is the best part of being a mom? I feel an overwhelming sense of love and fulfillment, and an unspoken bond with my son. Being a mom has made me work even harder to be the best version of myself possible. 2.Give us the cliff’s […]

Filed Under: Interviews with students, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth, Birth Plan, birth story, breastfeeding, C-section, Decision making, Emotional State, Expectations, Fear, Ideal Birth, Labor, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Prenatal Yoga, Traumatic Birth, yoga

An Interview with New Mom, Cara

August 21, 2013 By Deena Leave a Comment

You may recognize Cara and Jason from the pictures on our website here. They were gracious enough to allow us to photograph them during Confident Birthing. They can be found hanging out in their awesome storefront for Black Cat Tattoos here on Butler St. Check out Cara’s thoughts on motherhood! ~Deena Your name: Cara Husband’s name: Jason […]

Filed Under: Interviews with students, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, babywearing, Birth, birth story, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Expectations, Interviews, Labor, Midwife, Motherhood, Mothers, Newborn, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, yoga

An Interview with New Mom, Constanza

August 14, 2013 By Deena 1 Comment

Your name: Constanza Partner’s name: Greg Babies birthdates: My first boy May 9 2011, my second February 21 2013 1. What is the best part of being a mom? That is a very hard question to answer! There are so many things I could think of, like the unconditional love in the eyes of your baby as […]

Filed Under: Interviews with students, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth, birth story, C-section, Childbirth Education Classes, Emotional State, Expectations, Interviews, Labor, Motherhood, Mothers, Newborn, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, The Center, VBAC, Water breaking

An Interview with Pregnant Mom, Gina

August 7, 2013 By Deena 1 Comment

Gina was gracious enough to respond to our interview questions. She and her husband, Scott have been attending Confident Birthing. She keeps me on my toes in class and has some great questions. Read on!  ~Deena Your name: Gina Partner’s name: Scott Estimated due date: Sept. 1, 2013 Care Provider: OB Location: Hospital 1. What is […]

Filed Under: Interviews with students, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth, Birth Plan, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Expectations, Interviews, Labor, Motherhood, Mothers, Newborn, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy

An interview with pregnant mom, Kelly

July 24, 2013 By Deena 1 Comment

This is the first post in our new interview series with our current and past students. Kelly was gracious enough to answer our questions and put herself out there. Please show her some love and support for being brave!  xoxo  ~Deena Mom’s name: Kelly Partner’s name: Robert Estimated due date: End of October Care Provider: […]

Filed Under: Interviews with students, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth Plan, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Expectations, Fear, Homebirth, Interviews, Midwife, Motherhood, Mothers, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, yoga

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