Do You Doula? Leza Besemann first heard of doulas—women whose job is to provide continuous emotional support during labor, but who are not medical nurses—at a natural childbirthing class in the early 2000s, when she was 30 and preparing to have her first baby. “As soon as my husband and I heard about the roleContinue reading “Do You Doula?”
Category Archives: Natural childbirth
Giving Birth at Home Looks Safe, Study Finds
http://www.livescience.com/37438-home-birth-risk.html Among women with low-risk pregnancies, those who plan to give birth at home may face less of a risk from dangerous complications than women who plan a hospital birth, a new Dutch study suggests. (click to read on Lifescience.com)
Labor is not a Toothache!
http://supportdrfischbein.blogspot.com/2013/04/labor-is-not-toothache.html “Anyone who has ever had a toothache or a kidney stone will argue there is no benefit to the pain other than to let us know something is wrong. Painkillers are a godsend in these circumstances. But labor is not a toothache and it is time to look at the pain of labor inContinue reading “Labor is not a Toothache!”
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