Hospital Birth, the Learning Curve. Four Stories.
Hospital birth in traditional position: During my first labor, I had no idea that it would go so quickly. Before you knew it, I was wanting to push and I was still lying on the floor in my room with my...
View ArticleThe Signs of the Times
Yes, this is not really referring to spiritual things, although I believe that all of our life is spiritual, and we generally make too much separation between “spirit life” and “everyday life” (what...
View ArticleSilver’s Birth, Part One
When people ask me how my birth was with baby Silver, I want to say, “Just picture me as a serene whale-mermaid, playing in a pool of colored lights.” That is the take-away. You can stop reading now if...
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Silver’s Birth, Part Two
That mountain picture right there represents contractions. That’s right. Now that I got that off my chest, let’s get to the labor story… I have taken different approaches during each of my labors, as...
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Silver’s Birth, Part Three
It was nearly 5 AM on that freezing January morning. Out into the cold we bumbled, I with my heavy blanket, and up to the elevators, and into the hospital building. “I am here for labor,” I announced...
View ArticleFour Ways to Choose a Meaningful Baby Name
Naming a baby is hard. The baby will have this name into old age. Well, barring any weird and crazy hippie turn of events, as when my friend Mim’s son changed his name to Human Being… In baby naming,...
View ArticleConfidence Exposed in What We Say
The midwife was going through her routine postpartum questions: “Any depression?” “No.” “Trouble sleeping?” “No.” “And what will you use for birth control?” I wanted to roll my eyes. As if that is an...
View ArticleBirth Pain and Religion
I feel like I have my nose stuck in a book and am ignoring everything else. And it’s true, in a way. I am trying to complete a project related to childbirth, and I really really just want to get it...
View ArticleChanging Our Mind About Labor
I have been through five labors. Each one has been better than the last: More surrender, more knowledge, more experience, more peace, more power. My last labor in particular was physically very easy....
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