Fiona’s Home Waterbirth

June 30th, 2010

I finally got brave enough to watch Fiona’s birth video, and I’m glad I did. It gave me a better idea of some of the timeline (like, for instance, I actually only pushed for about 5 minutes this time around!) and made me realize that I wasn’t as loud as I thought, [...]

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She's here!

March 13th, 2010

Fiona Siobhan was born this morning at 10:39am after an intense labour! Contractions really started/picked up at 2am, they were less than 2 minutes apart and over a minute long by about 4 or 5 (and checking myself I guessed I was probably 6 or 7 cm dilated already), then they just petered out [...]

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Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey

April 1st, 2009

Annie over at PhD in Parenting wrote a post last week about the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey with some follow up questions. I’ve been reading others’ answers with interest and thought that I would add my own to the mix. The questions themselves are actually from Ann Douglas.

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Hospital Birth

March 4th, 2009

Gloria Lemay (a Vancouver birth attendant) posted this on her blog today and I thought I would share:

Are you a good candidate for a hospital birth?

Must not be scared of needles.

Must not be claustrophobic or uncomfortable in confined spaces.

Must be able to go for long periods of time [...]

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Meredith's Birth Story

September 30th, 2008

This is long, but I thought I would share it here.  I didn’t actually write it all out until Meredith was two months old so I wasn’t positive about some parts of it. Luckily, my doula wrote down a lot of it for me so I had some idea of a timeline. It’s insanely [...]

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“Birds fly, fish swim, man thinks and learns. Therefore, we do not need to “motivate” children into learning, by wheedling, bribing, or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do, and all we need to do is bring as much of the world as we can into [their lives]; give children as much help and guidance as they need and ask for; listen respectfully when they feel like talking; and then get out of the way. We can trust them to do the rest.”
~ John Holt

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