Choosing Childbirth Classes

Mothers Advocate offered a great article on choosing a childbirth class. Here are their questions- with our answers regarding our classes. My input is in italics and is in purple below.

Choosing a Childbirth Class
What to Consider When Looking for a Childbirth Class

Guest Blogger: Reid Forrester of A Natural Path

Maya Abdominal Therapy and Yoga:

Time-tested Tools for Getting the Body “In Tune” for Birth

You spent your life dreaming of the birth of your child.   You imagined that moment, after your hard laboring, when your child journeys from your body into your arms, as a moment filled with light and love, one of life's most amazing and joyous memories.

Come the day, you feel exhilaration as the “It’s time!” is messaged from your belly.   Your bags are packed, your spouse is primed, your birth caregiver is apprised, and the excited parents-to-be set out for their birth location.  

My Compliments to Dr Robbins

I was delighted to work with Dr. Richard Robbins at my last birth. He knew this mom wanted a natural, lesser intervened birth. Her water broke and she waited several hours to go to the hospital. I arrived a few hours after she was there, not yet in labor. The Pitocin was started and I was there to meet her soon after.  Dr. Robbins arrived a short while later and entered the room with the greeting of, "Hey Stud!" to the mom. I loved it. He chatted about how his wife had a natural birth with their first two but the third was a much longer labor and after several hours she chose the epidural. He mentioned that this baby was a bigger baby by a pound. This caused my client to ask if a pound made a huge difference. She asked this since the sonographer had said this baby was at least a pound bigger than her first one. Dr. Robbins said, "Nope! Should not be a problem at all!" He stayed a short while and when he left he said as he shook his hands in the air, "Let's keep these out and let you do what you are doing so well!" I wanted to kiss the man! He was so encouraging to my client!

Technology in New Ways

I remember years ago when I still carried a pager, listening to the occasional  cell phone ring in a restaurant and thinking, "why does someone need to be accessible all the time?" I thought it was rude and annoying. I even made a comment about how special that person must be to need to take a call during dinner! My how silly that all sounds now!

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Conferences and Classes- How Do You Learn?

In this information age every thing is becoming easier to do things virtually, I wanted to make Massaman Curry Chicken. I searched for recipes on line and even found a you tube of someone cooking and giving instructions. This was great! It would have been better if I could have gone to a quick cooking class- but even better if I could have gone to a Thai cooking class that was six weeks long, I could have learned how to make many more dishes that I am sure to love!

Can 6 Days Really Make A Difference?

I have a client who had an initial early ultrasound and based on that test and her last menstrual period, giving her a due date of the 26th. When she had a second ultrasound a couple of months later, the technician said that the baby was measuring a week older due to length. So, the next person she saw in her care providers' office changed her due date- decreasing it by 6 days! 


I discussed with her how important those six days may really be. In her practice they consider their patients late at 41 weeks and I knew she was shaving almost a week off of missing an induction! So, are six days really a big deal?

A New Video by DONA on Doulas!

DONA has created a new video regarding doulas. If you are curious about the role of a doula and a bit about her scope of practice if she is DONA certified, this video will help to enlighten you! Enjoy!

Doula Video

Overcoming Obstacles... Actually Obliterating Them!

We have a client who was trapped by her insurance to not be able to seek the midwifery supported model of care and the water birth she had found was possible. She was working to try to make it happen when she went into labor two and a half weeks early. Then not only was she not getting the birth experience she had hoped for she ran into several other obstacles. But this story is not a bad one- indeed it is one about overcoming!

Another Dot to Dot

One of my doulas recently had this birth experience. Ironically with the same group of midwives as mine but at a different hospital. Let's read about the dots she made sure she followed.