At the very end of August, I went to see Birth, the play in St. Louis. I was about 5 weeks pregnant at the time. Following the play and “talkback” event, there was a BOLD Red Tent (birth stories sharing circle). Right before the birth stories portion of the Red Tent, we did a [...]
Archive for the ‘birth experiences’ Category
Birth Symbol
Posted in Birth Thoughts, Neat stuff, birth, birth experiences, giving birth, miscarriage, natural birth, tagged childbirth education, birth education, birth experiences, miscarriage, birth art, birth symbols, birthing from within, bold, red tent on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Adding More Birth Quotes…
Posted in birth, birth experiences, giving birth, miscarriage, mothers, natural birth, normal birth, quotes, tagged birth quotes, childbirth education, grief, miscarriage, quotes on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To my ongoing collection (previously posted to my Facebook fan page, but sharing here as well. There are some grief/miscarriage quotes mixed in as well):
“Birth is valuable. It gives rise to our entire future. There is power in our ability to give birth to the future of our planet. We need to reclaim that power.” [...]
Lavender & Letting Go (Warning: Miscarriage/Baby Loss)
Posted in Birth Thoughts, birth, birth experiences, giving birth, natural birth, tagged birth, home birth, miscarriage, natural birth on November 12, 2009 | 13 Comments »
My life has taken a sad and unexpected turn. I was 14 weeks pregnant with my third baby and we found out on Friday afternoon that the baby had died. Very early Saturday morning, he was born at home. Though it was different in some ways than a full-term birth, my experience of miscarriage was [...]
Moving During Labor
Posted in Birth Thoughts, active birth, birth, birth experiences, giving birth, natural birth, normal birth, tagged active birth, birth, birth experiences, giving birth on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The second Healthy Birth Blog carnival is up on Lamaze’s Science & Sensibility blog. It is a great collection of links to posts about the importance of Healthy Birth Practice #2: Walk, Move Around, and Change Positions During Labor. For the blog carnival I contributed a post/handout I made last year called How to Use [...]
The most important event shaping my life as a mother?
Posted in Birth Thoughts, birth, birth experiences, giving birth, mothers, natural birth, tagged birth, birth experiences, Birth Thoughts, giving birth on October 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Recently, this quote from a Midwifery Today blog post came to my attention: “your birth is the most important event in shaping your life as a mother.” It has generated some pretty heated discussion and negative feelings amongst some writers in the blogosphere. Despite my intense commitment to birthwork, I stumble over the quote a [...]
Birth Talk
Posted in Birth Thoughts, birth, birth education, birth experiences, mothers, tagged birth, birth education, birth talk, childbirth, childbirth education, giving birth, language of birth, talk birth on October 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As I have referenced several times before I have a special interest in the language of birth. That is part of the reason my blog/business is so-named—because is it is a blog that “talks birth” (as in, “let’s get together and talk birth!”), but also because the way you talk about birth matters. I have [...]
Birth as a Rite of Passage & ‘Digging Deeper’
Posted in Birth Thoughts, active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, birth experiences, giving birth, natural birth, quotes, tagged birth, birth classes, birth education, birth skills, childbirth, giving birth, labor, preparing for birth on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve posted about the idea of birth as a rite of passage before and want to share some additional quotes from The Pink Kit:
Whatever the culture, when a woman surrenders to the process, accepts the intense sensations, works through each contraction, and digs deep within herself to achieve the end goal–giving birth–she is touched by [...]
Quick Births
Posted in Birth Thoughts, active birth, birth, birth experiences, giving birth, mothers, natural birth, tagged birth, birth experinences, fast labor, giving birth, postpartum, precipitous birth, quick birth, quick labor, rapid birth, rapid labor on September 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I recently finished reading the book Permission to Mother by Denise Punger (you can read my full review in an upcoming issue of the CAPPA Quarterly). In one of the Appendices of the book, she addresses “Herbal Inductions–Are They Safe?” Her response is “no” and she adds “A homebirth does not equal a ‘natural birth’ [...]
What to Expect When You Go to the Hospital for a Natural Childbirth
Posted in Birth Thoughts, active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, birth experiences, evidence based care, maternity care, natural birth, normal birth, tagged birth, birth classes, childbirth, childbirth education, hospital birth, natural birth, natural childbirth on September 9, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been debating about whether to share this post or not. I’m concerned that it may come across as unnecessarily negative, pessimistic, or even “combative” or “anti-hospital.” However, I do think it is honest and I’ve decided to share it. There is a fairly “normal” course of events for women having a natural birth in [...]

