https://parenting.nytimes.com/pregnancy/domino-kirke-doula Doula Domino Kirke on why your birth providers are so important, and how to choose them wisely. (Blog posted in its entirety from NYT Parenting.) As far as I was concerned my midwife was going to have my baby for me. She was God’s gift to birthing. She had so much confidence, and trusted …
Third Stage of Labor – The Most Taboo Part of Childbirth
https://www.motherrisingbirth.com/2019/09/third-stage-of-labor.html The third stage of labor is everything that happens after the baby is born, the part of childbirth that doesn’t make it to the movies. The delivery of the placenta, the most taboo part of childbirth, encompasses the third stage of labor. Compared to the rest of labor, the third stage of labor is …
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Sent Home From Labor & Delivery For “False Labor,” & Other Ways We Gaslight Women
https://www.romper.com/p/sent-home-from-labor-delivery-for-false-labor-other-ways-we-gaslight-women- Laboring with my first daughter was not easy. After being sent home from labor and delivery for following my doctor’s advice (given as he boarded a flight to Aruba) to “go straight to labor and delivery” because my contractions were regular, things ramped up again and so I headed back to the hospital… and was sent …
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