Heather and Ryan were students of mine, shortly before I opened Shining Light in January, 2012. Heather sent me this email a few weeks ago. I was so touched by it that I wanted to share it with all of you. Their journey to parenthood has been incredible. ~Deena Here is their story: My partner […]
A Birth Story – Barb and Rob, mama and papa to Flynn Viktor
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Birth is a Human Rights issue.
Last night, we screened Freedom for Birth. We had a nice turn out and good discussion afterwards. It got me thinking (no big surprise there). Birth is a Human Rights issue. So why is it that women are often treated as if they are incompetent to make their own decisions regarding their own bodies and […]