This post is written in honor of the upcoming Heads Up Breech Birth Conference scheduled for November 9-11, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Anyone can attend, so feel free to pass this on to your midwife or doctor so that we can keep the skills of breech vaginal birth alive! 10 years ago, the Midwest. I […]

Caldeyro-Barcia’s (1979) studies showed what most midwives practice or believe intuitively; that coached pushing and prolonged breath holding by the woman during the pushing stage of labor is dangerous to the baby. He showed that this type of pushing caused placental perfusion issues (not enough blood flowing between baby and placenta) and resulted in fetal […]

I’ve been attending births on my own for several years now. Every time I meet with a woman interested in midwifery or home birth, I realize how much I have grown and changed AND also how much I have to learn. I’ll never stop studying, researching, etc., but what these consultations make me realize is […]

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The amazing Sarah Buckley is on my mind a lot lately. She’s not the only one to talk about “undisturbed birth”, but she’s certainly one of the most thorough and engaging to speak on the subject. “Undisturbed birth”, “physiological birth”, “birth left alone”; those are just a few formal ways of describing what our bodies […]

I love writing my birth stories. At less than 24 hours post birth I am starting this one, because I don’t want to forget one second of how it all went. I sit here with this precious angel next to me, and I can’t stop reflecting on how he chose to come into this world. […]

If you already have kids of school age, you may get this analogy. There is “school”-as in public, private, brick-and-mortar building; complete with teachers, grades and lesson plans. Then, there is homeschool. Homeschool can be divided up into two subcategories: school at home OR unschooling. Homeschooling can function a lot like “regular” school. Many homeschooling […]

(Let it be known that I have had 5 homebirths-the first, second and third being waterbirths. The last 2 have been intentional “land births”. I have enjoyed all of my births but would probably say that my body has enjoyed birthing on land over in water. I hope my own personal bias does not sway […]