I loved hearing the things that Kelly learned with each of her births. She not only learns and applies these things in her life. She is also a birth doula and childbirth educator and shares her knowledge with other expecting moms. This was such a fun interview and I know you will learn a lot …
Birth is a Great Teacher – Interview with Kelly – Mom of 8 Read More »
Morgan had a cesarean with her twin girls and then a cesarean with her son. She used some tips from the Creating a Sacred Cesarean and got some of the things she really wanted with her second birth experience. She also shares the magical time of those first 2 weeks after a baby is born. …
Morgan discovers the power of the postpartum period Read More »
I hadn’t forced anything by doing a version or getting an induction, both choices I was fine with making, of course. It was just reassuring to me when my water broke and left us with one, clear answer. I wasn’t nervous anymore (still freaked out about the recovery, but the surgery itself, I was really pretty chill with), and it no longer seemed like the undesirable choice. It was just the way this baby needed to come into the world, and who was I to argue with that or stress or worry about it. It was right, and I knew it.
I met Krysti on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group. She was planning a natural birth, but her baby was persistently breech. It was interesting watching her journey as she had to make tough choices in regards to her babies birth. I was excited to read her birth story and see how in the end she had …
I was touched by Jennifer’s birth story. Things obviously didn’t go how she had wanted but I think her story shows how, when women are allowed to make their own choices– guided by the spirit– every birth situation can be beautiful and healing. I am so glad she was willing to share. March 4. My …
Excerpt from the book, The Gift of Giving Life. Section written by Sheridan Ripley BEFORE BIRTH Planned Cesarean: Mentally preparing for a cesarean is important. It takes as much mental preparation for a positive cesarean as for a positive unmedicated birth. It requires a huge mind shift and focus. Having a doula, a woman trained to …
My titles never can capture all the awesomeness of my interviews. I love that a hymn helped her to have courage to move forward through her fears. After her preemie was born at 26 weeks via classical cesarean, having another baby was high risk and doing a VBAC even a higher risk. I love the …
Cherise is an Arizona Mother, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Crafter, and Creator of the marvelous “Big Baby Project” (a website full of empowering vaginal births of babies 9 lbs and over). I love how her story illustrates what I wrote about in my essay “Unity with Providers of Care” in The Gift of Giving Life. I love that Cherise continued to search and pray until she found the right care provider for her. -Lani
“Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?” Alma 5:14 Life as a doula. Every birth changes me in some way. I always learn. Often the lessons are unexpected. A little over three years ago, I attended at birth that I recognize as one of those unexpected yet key experiences that shape a doula. …
All births are a spiritual experience. Sometimes we just need to have the eyes to see, and ears to hear, to be aware of it. And yes, cesarean births can be just a spiritual as vaginal births. Kirsten shares her sweet thoughts with us. I love that she prayed and asked for a specific …
I Gave Birth with God Right Beside Me – a Spiritual Cesarean Birth – Episode 4 Read More »
