So it's been almost a year since I started attending home births with a CPM. This time has been one of incredible growth and education for me. I've been reading a lot about birth in general, and home birth (and its safety) in particular. ( Read more... )

I'm up in the middle of the night again, feeling upset. ( Read more... )

The second birth I attended was even more difficult to process than the first one. I don't often lose sleep due to emotional disturbances, but I did after this birth, which is saying a lot.( Read more... )

I have a couple of pretty hard doula experiences behind me... ( Read more... )

So.

Zsuzsi's kindergarten closes for 5 weeks in July.

Vivi's daycare closes for 3 weeks in August.

Back to back.

So basically I have 8 weeks during which one or the other of my children will not be in their various institutions ( Read more... )

One of the things that attracted me to lactation consulting, then doula-ing and midwifery, aside from the huge thrill of helping mothers, was the fact that the skills we are taught and the guidelines we are expected to follow (by international accreditation organizations) are evidence-based.

Conversely, one of my biggest pet peeves with the ( Read more... )

I hate, hate, HATE translating these days ( Read more... )

I've signed up for a childbirth educator certification program. (Yay!!!) One of our assignments calls for identifying effective communication skills in doula and/or childbirth educator work and evaluating whether I'm any good at any of those skills ( Read more... )

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I know I asked this question before and for some reason can't find the reply, so please humor me.

What good books would you recommend for someone whose partner was sexually abused as a child?

Thanks!