Knoxville, TN now has another strong advocate for women’s empowerment in pregnancy and birth – ICAN of Knoxville is now open and official. If you are not already familiar with ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network), I urge you to check out their national website at www.ican-online.org. This ...
A few weeks ago, a sign was photographed in an ob/gyn office. It boldface states there are no doulahs (their misspell) allowed, no birth contracts, or even Bradley education allowed in their practice. There was, of course, tremendous internet backlash.. and as a result, please check out this photo-s ...
Ignore how quickly these next posts are… posted. I am moving Cheza’s blog to here from chezarose.shutterfly.com (see hundreds of pictures from birth up, minus the “ picture of the day” images loaded here), and will continue her story here (hopefully more consistently as well). I was great at posting ...
. . Good news from heaven the angels bring. Glad tidings to the earth they sing: "To us this day a child is given, to crown us with the joy of heaven." ~ Martin Luther . . .
Thanks for the person who clarified that the 11 yr old was not the worlds youngest mother. I did some research & here is what I found. This is the worlds youngest parent. -5yrs old -Born in Peru -Lina Medina is her name -Gerardo is her sons name -Her child was born by Cesarean section in May 1939 -P ...
This post is a continuation of a series of pregnancy and birth posts. ( Here is the first one.) Over the next few weeks, I’m going to do several posts on pregnancy and birth. I hope to share a few things that were helpful to me; I hope they will help other parents as well. Thoughtful, respectful dis ...
A real case of government healthcare… One of my daughters became pregnant and found to everyone’s surprise she was going to have identical twins. The news came with mixed emotions as well as difficult decisions. This was not her first child and she, like many in the family, believes in natural child ...
I remember reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and being so disturbed by the cesarean done on the mom with the breech baby WITHOUT anesthesia. The hospital didn’t have the supplies or trained people, which led to this situation. It made me feel better about my cesarean. At least I didn’t feel it while ...
I read on this blog the story of Inés Ramírez Pérez who lives in Rio de Tela, Oaxaca, Mexico, a rural town with no immediate access to medical care.What happened is that she went into labor with her 9th child and after twelve hours of very intense labor and little progress, and fearing that this chi ...
How many times have you heard this; or said it? I have heard it or said it more times than I can count. So why is it that we can be doing all the right things, and not see any results? I have TWO possible explanations. I am posting the first today, and then I am going to discuss the second tomorrow, ...
