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Pregnancy A Child is Born. By Lennart Nilsson & Lars Hamberger, Delta, 2004. Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. By Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Cindy Crawford, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004. Having a Baby, Naturally. By Peggy O’Mara. Atria, 2003. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The [...]

Twenty-one years ago, a seed was planted…

Midwifery Today, Issue 82, Summer 2007 Twenty-one years ago, a seed was planted… Twenty-one years ago my mom’s water broke while we were at the annual Memorial Day Weekend Johnson Family Pig Roast. Our family of 5 piled into the station wagon and headed home. We were full of anticipation and excitement as we pulled [...]

Making Informed Choices

Making informed choices As a family choosing a homebirth and midwifery care, you will need to make a number of choices and decisions during your pregnancy, labor and birth, as well as for your baby. As your midwife, I want to equip you with the information you need to make informed choices. Making informed choices [...]

Peaceful birth, peaceful earth!

Women’s choices about where and how to give birth to our babies are being threatened, while women’s belief in the inherent ability of our bodies to give birth is being eroded. This is a dangerous combination for our planet as well as for mothers and babies! Amongst midwives there is a saying that “a woman [...]