The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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your birth story reminds me so much of my first, but mine ended up very differently. i labored for three days with progress only to 3 cm. i was unable to lie down because the contractions were unbearable in that position. so i sat up while everyone told me that the "real" labor was yet to come. i puked every bit of food that was force fed to me and was just generally disappointed in myself. we finally ended up transporting to the hospital, where with a bit of pitocin and some fentanyl to help me sleep, my baby was born after 3 hours of pushing- which i still cannot believe i made it through.
when i became pregnant 3 years later i had a lot of issues to deal with. i was afraid of having a long and grueling labor again, and afraid of the hospital. one of my midwives reminded me that i had to really trust that my body knew what to do. i just gave up all expectations of what would happen, and put all my energy into relaxing. I practiced this using relaxation tapes throughout my pregnancy. during labor, after a long walk, i sat down on my couch and did mot move for the next 4 hours (except to pee). it took all the energy i ad to concentrate on relaxing so that my cervix felt free to open up. it worked, and after 4 hours, of "real" labor, i easily gave birth to my second son, at home, outside, in a pool of water. it was a truly magical experience.
i think that low or no expectations of what would happen, plus extreme
relaxation are what helped me. plus, i had to trust my body. if i did it,
i know you can. face your fears, you can overcome them!
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