"The day finally arrived to go to our OB appointment and confirm that we are actually pregnant! Seeing that tiny little bean on the ultrasound broke me in the most beautiful way possible. I was carrying a tiny human!"
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40 Ways To Know You Are A L&D Nurse
We recently read a ‘note’ by a nurse and shared by many other nurses and even midwives. It was not just a ‘sense of humor, deal with our hard job’ list of how you know you are a nurse. It was rude, disrespectful and a perfect example of what many women find wrong with their traumatic hospital births. After this…
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Please Sign Here; You Have No Rights (Updated)
For those that want to say that medical care is not intrusive, that women are just whining and should not complain about hospital birth, think again. One of our BWF Mamas recently emailed me describing her recent hospital visit. This is COMMON. Many women do not realize they even have choices . Those that do, if they don’t have a…
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Cytotec, Birth Trauma, Hypnobirthing and a Healing Birth Center Birth
This is the first time I have written this down. I’m sure it will be emotional, even though you will only get the very shortened version of my hospital birth experience. I had had a fairly normal pregnancy with Ethan. Nothing out of the ordinary until around 36 weeks when my blood pressure went up suddenly. I was from then…
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Breastfeeding Premature Babies
Heidi recently wrote this guest post on working through fears in pregnancies after loss, trauma and birthing a preemie. She emailed me this photo recently and just have to share. I know you’ll love it and it will touch your heart as it has mine. All babies need their mommy’s love, comfort, milk and cuddles, but preemies need extra skin…