spamelita on Sep 17 2007 | Filed under: unassisted birth
From my dear friend Linda’s blog…
For those who don’t know, Joesph Chilton Pearce is a world renowned author and researcher. His input and observations on childhood development is astounding.
The quotes in Linda’s blog are amazing. He recognizes the essential need for both mother and child to have privacy, peace and confidence.
After having read […]
spamelita on Sep 12 2007 | Filed under: birth videos, midwife practice, unassisted birth, unlearning midwifery
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I remember getting the news that Beatrice birthed her baby. It was a girl, after two boys. Eudora was her name.
I also remember sitting with a friend of mine who had been having issues with her homebirth midwives (she wanted to refuse some things they said were necessary, she wanted an unassisted birth, […]
spamelita on Sep 09 2007 | Filed under: midwife practice, unassisted birth, unlearning midwifery
Can we talk about this whole “internet community”/”blog life” thing?
It’s hard “knowing” so many awesome people online, but not in real life. One of my favorite writers on autonomous/unhindered birth is my good friend, Linda. I’m fortunate to live about 40 minutes away from her, and to have had her in my life […]
spamelita on Jul 23 2006 | Filed under: birth story, midwife practice, unassisted birth
Almost two years ago, I had a client who was having her third baby, her first homebirth. It was a huge step for her to even consider homebirth, but she mainly chose it at first because of finances.
So, when she became pregnant with her fourth, she was planning another homebirth like her third. […]
spamelita on Oct 21 2004 | Filed under: midwife blog, unassisted birth, unlearning midwifery
I’ve recently had some good conversations with a girlfriend about unassisted birth. How does a midwife truly support unassisted birth? What does that mean? What is my role in a midwife-attended birth and how do my views on unassisted birth affect that role?
Ideally, I see my role as midwife as one of a resource. I […]
