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An Occasional Series: Tips to make Labor more Comfortable – Looking like a Pirate

March 26, 2013 By Deena 1 Comment

This is the first of an occasional series on Tips to make Labor more Comfortable.  Alright, so this one looks a bit funny, especially with my long scarves (rebozos) on their heads. I call it “lookin’ like a pirate”, because well, you do look like a pirate. I did have one couple mention, recently, that […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Childbirth Education Classes, Comfort Techniques, Coping Skills, Emotional State, Fathers, Labor, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy

Celebrating One Year in Lawrenceville, and You are Invited!

January 7, 2013 By Deena 2 Comments

Our 1st Anniversary Celebration and Open House  Wow, can you believe it? It’s time to celebrate our one year anniversary! In our first year, we’ve served 506 pregnant and new moms and their families.  We’ve built relationships with our students, other birth professionals and other local businesses. Lawrenceville has been warm and welcoming to us. For 2013 we’ve launched our […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Classes, Community Groups, Families, Fathers, Lawrenceville, Mothers, One Year Anniversary, Packages, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Workshops

A Birth Story – Barb and Rob, mama and papa to Flynn Viktor

December 17, 2012 By Deena Leave a Comment

Barb was a regular at our Prenatal Yoga classes.  She and Rob also came to Infant Care class.  I’m honored that she’s sharing her birth story with all of us.  Happy reading!   I woke up in the morning on November 23 (my due date) feeling great with no plans to do Black Friday shopping. Since […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth, birth story, breastfeeding, Childbirth, Coping Skills, Fathers, Fear, Infant, Labor, Newborn, Pain, Pittsburgh, Placenta, Pregnancy, Prenatal Yoga, The Midwife Center, Water breaking

Aurelia’s Birth Story

October 23, 2012 By Deena Leave a Comment

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.  […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, birth story, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Communication, Confident Birthing, Coping Skills, Decision making, Expectations, Fathers, Labor, Motherhood, Mothers, OB, Pittsburgh

Tuesday Inspirations #6

July 10, 2012 By Deena Leave a Comment

“The best labor support will protect a woman’s privacy and insure that she is not disturbed so that she can tap into her inner wisdom and dig deep to find the strength she needs to give birth.” ~ Judith Lothian

Filed Under: Inspirations, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Childbirth, Doula, Fathers, Homebirth, Inspirational Pregnancy and Birth Quotes, Labor, Mothers, Pittsburgh, support

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