Birth: October 2008

A little about me...

Hello! I'm a Certified Birth Doula and Birth Doula Trainer with DONA International. I've attended many births and taught hundreds of expectant couples in childbirth classes. I have also trained many, many beautiful woman to be birth doulas. Birth is a beautiful and powerful event in every woman's life, no matter how she chooses to do it. My goal is to support "my moms" in every way I can, even if I wouldn't necessarily make the same choices, because women are smart and intuitive and they know what's best for themselves and their babes. I see so much strength and so many miracles when I attend births. I HAD to start writing them down to share with others! Please enjoy. NOTE: All mothers I write about give their permission. In some cases, names and other identifying factors may be changed at the mom's request, but the stories and events remain the same.

Speaking of Women:

We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong.

Laura Stavoe Harm

The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is you.

Unknown

There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don't ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it.

Sheryl Feldman

Childbirth Classes Starting Soon!

October 10, 2008

I taught childbirth classes for ten years, every Saturday morning. About four years ago I got burned out and decided I would LOVE to have my Saturday mornings back! Well, after a four-year break, here I am again, teaching classes. I'm teaching a brief, but very comprehensive four-week series and will start in November. The cost is just $40, a fraction of the cost of other childbirth classes (I know because my four-year-ago classes were a deal at $80!). I'm wanting those who are eager to learn and be more prepared for the miracle of birth, to have a program to attend that's worth their time and money. So here it is! Watch for further updates on the time, location and other details.

Here I am with one of my first students. She is now one of my very best friends in the world!

We were Made for This

Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star.

Larry Barretto

I like to tell my clients to remember their grandmothers and other female ancestors. Since the beginning of time, the women in her bloodline have given birth successfully, otherwise she, herself, would not be here having a baby.

Me :)

Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.

Barbara Katz Rothman

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