The art of birth

I love collecting and exploring creative analogies to giving birth. This one comes from Kathy De Bel’s essay in the most recent issue of International Doula:
“One may see birth like art, appreciated and respected by some, misunderstood and refused by others. It doesn’t always come out the way it was planned, but it is perfect [...]

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Movement and pain

A brief quote from Biance Lepori an Italian architect who specializes in the design of birth rooms:
“Even pain dissolves with movement; pain killers are a consequence of stillness.” (emphasis mine)
This architect specifically designs rooms that support physiological birth–birth that unfolds accords to the natural biological processes of the woman, on her own timeline, and under [...]

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Birth Talk Podcast

Late last month I participated in a fun podcast interview with childbirth educator Donyale Abe of Birth Talk. You can download the podcast here. We had a great time chatting about birth, fear, homebirth, educating women, ACOG’s statement against homebirth, and our passion for birth and for talking with other women about birth! The audio [...]

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Lamaze: Pregnancy, Birth, & Beyond

In addition to the Healthy Birth guides I posted about in my last post, I also received my first shipment of Lamaze’s new publication, Lamaze: Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. This magazine is excellent! I was very favorably impressed. It is brief, but provides an excellent, positive, overall overview of pregnancy, birth, and early parenting. I [...]

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Healthy Birth Guides

I recently received a shipment of The 2008/2009 Guide to a Healthy Birth published and distributed free of charge by Choices in Childbirth in NYC. I ordered a stack of these nice little booklets for only the cost of shipping ($11 for 50 booklets). I really like the content and plan to distribute these in [...]

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