Mothers like me who had a home birth and mothers who had surgical birth experienced pain in different ways. When I was teaching childbirth, I shared my stories but each mother can create their own memories during childbirth. What is important is the support system. I was blessed to be with nurse midwives. Learning moreContinue reading “Pain and depression, childbirth pain and mothering”
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Happy Birthday to my firstborn Dominic, now 20
Happy Birthday my son Dominic As my firstborn, you were showered with joy and love I adore you, when you were a baby as you smile like a Buddha And it seems that the world revolves around you and I My cares are gone as I hold you in my arms You cried the wholeContinue reading “Happy Birthday to my firstborn Dominic, now 20”
Midwives delivering babies for hundreds of years
Midwife means “with woman.” Traditionally, women have attended and assisted other women during labor and birth. As modern medicine emerged in the West, birth fell into the realm of the medical. Today the medical or technocratic model of birth is the mainstream in America while other countries, who use midwives as the primary care giversContinue reading “Midwives delivering babies for hundreds of years”
Emergency Childbirth: When Baby Arrives Before the Midwife or Doctor
Most births are spontaneous and normal. The baby is crafted for survival. Relax and do the following after contacting the midwife or doctor who is on her way: Move her to a comfortable place away from the toilet. Call for help. Make sure the room is warm and draft free. Remember that baby needs a Continue reading “Emergency Childbirth: When Baby Arrives Before the Midwife or Doctor”
Cost of Having a Baby
Childbirth makes up one fifth of all health care expenditures1 and is the most frequent cause for hospital admission2.The cesarean section rate in the home birth study was 3%, whereas the national average was 22.6% in 1991 and 20.6% in 19963. The cost doubles with the following: having a baby in the hospital, formula-feeding, usingContinue reading “Cost of Having a Baby”
Feeding with Mother’s Milk
Most mothers around the world agree that: The mother’s heartbeat is the baby’s lullaby music. The mother’s milk has sleep inducing benefits. The mother’s milk is not dropable like a bottle and is easy to carry around. The mother’s milk stores the baby’s milk at just the right temperature. The mother’s milk is readily availableContinue reading “Feeding with Mother’s Milk”
Birth Story, the movie
One of my health and midwife mentors, Ina May Gaskin, has a Birth Story movie: http://watch.birthstorymovie.com/ From my homebirth experience with midwives, I came to know about women’s bodies and taking care of them through nutrition and other healing ways. Connie Dello Buono ; motherhealth@gmail.com Call for part time or full time business or jobContinue reading “Birth Story, the movie”