How much do you know about birth? In the media, we see these big, dramatic events. The woman’s water breaks dramatically. Her contractions start hard and fast. She screams at whoever is there that she needs to go to the hospital NOW. The baby arrives with puffing, panting, and screaming. Our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and …
While working on this post, I went to other websites to review their lists of why to have a homebirth. The main thing that I discovered is that each list is highly personalized and ranged from 4 to 35 reasons. Here are my reasons: 1. Better Quality of Care It doesn’t matter what type of …
Today, we are wrapping up World Doula Week! All of the ladies on the Comforts of Home team have or are still currently doulas in addition to being midwives or student midwives, so we have a heart for doulas around here. Doulas One question that I hear a lot is “What is the difference between …
Are you thinking about having your other children present for your birth? This meme made the rounds on Facebook in the last 9 months or so. I found it pretty humorous, so I saved it. Women have many different reasons why or why they may not want their children present. This decision is very personal. …
I am about to get controversial on you. There is one thing that I think many birth professionals are doing a disservice to our clients on in the natural birth community. We teach women to pursue the perfect dream birth in many ways. Some of this is through books that encourage calling contractions rushes or …
Upon getting a positive pregnancy test, careful consideration should be made about you is going to take care of you and your unborn child for the next 9 months. There are several things to think about. Do you want a doctor or a midwife? Do you want a hospital birth, birth center birth, or homebirth? …
