Sentences with phrase «about my birth experience with»

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But my basic convictions about them were derived not from these philosophers but partly from my being surrounded from birth with the reality in question; partly from Emerson's essays and the works of James and Royce; partly from the poems of Shelley and Wordsworth (which similarly influenced Whitehead); and most of all from my own experience, reflected upon especially during my two years in the army medical corps, when I had considerable leisure to think about life and death and other fundamental questions.

All in all, I wish I spent less time in my early pregnancy watching YouTube videos and reading blogs and worring about fighting with the hospital and doctor, and more time doing what I'm doing now: talking to people who actually live where I do and have given birth at my hospital, who had positive experiences.

Stewart Lewis writes about the beginning of his parenting experience, co-parenting with a friend, donating, and witnessing the birth of his daughter.

Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).

I wanted the polar opposite of my first birth experience, which left me with intense insecurities about my ability to birth, as well as a nasty yearlong struggle with postpartum depression.

In our 20 - hour course, you will become engaged with the birth process, get informed about your birth options, and leave empowered to achieve the birth experience you've been dreaming of!

I experienced a traumatic birth with my first child, and was able to use what I knew about how to heal from trauma to help myself through.

You'll learn about her experience with becoming and being pregnant, her decision to have a homebirth, the process she had working with midwives, the importance of social support during pregnancy, delivery, and after birth, her entire birth story, and lots more!

I worked through my feelings about my first birth experience by writing about it and talking through it with my partner, but I still wanted to know what childbirth was like without drugs.

If you hear, meet or find out about a therapist who has experience working with women, couples and families who have been impacted by birth trauma, please submit the therapists name to Solace for Mothers at [email protected].

When I decided to have a home birth with my second, I began to get really excited about having the experience I was after.

If she has questions about how your birth plan is laid out, or if she doesn't have any birth experience, bring her to a childbirth class with you.

Be sure to inquire about your doula's previous experience with multiple birth.

~ Teaching parents about the importance of starting their parenting journey with a safe, conscious birth experience ~

I have been very vocal about the bad experience I had with my first birth and my huge fear of having a repeat c - section.

She stays encouraged by seeing other moms post online about their experiences with birth and body changes.

From her unexpected birth experience she quickly learned that life with twins would prove to be chaotic, and being knowledgeable about different equipment, processes, and milestones was one way to feel in control.

Inspired by a discussion amongst the writers on Eco Child's Play about our births and the safety of home births in particular, we decided to share our labor experiences with our readers.

Colic, crying, round - the - clock wakings — is it any wonder that parents experience high rates of depression in the first year after the birth of a child?A study of British parents in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that more than one - third of mothers and about one - fifth of fathers seem to have weathered depression sometime between becoming parents and their children's 12th birthday, with the most episodes occurring in the first year after birth.

I was really coping big time with the trauma I experienced from my birth as well as the worry about her weight.

From a nurse bringing our client a breast pump because she saw on her birth preferences page that she wanted to try that first to increase her contractions, to geeking out about the benefits of TENS machines with one of the residents, I've had many lovely experiences supporting clients at SHC.

So I did it probably for ten, twelve sessions, and to me, the biggest benefit was just keeping me really balanced throughout the pregnancy, with the twin pregnancy I just felt really large and things got pretty uncomfortable towards the end, so I think for me the prenatal yoga helped me just stay balanced and also really aware of my body, and I think that helped with the birth experience, helping me be aware of my position and my posture, so I did an unmedicated labor with my twins as well, so I could just really think about if I am sitting up, opening my pelvis, and be aware of that.

I say «limited experience» because until about a decade ago most adoptions were closed with little to no information about birth families for individuals who were adopted and vice versa.

How does a mama who has experienced everything about mommying — pregnancy, birth, mothering — with one child not feel guilt about sharing such sacredness with another?

After another friend of mine experienced an amazing home birth, I began talking to her more and more about it and she encouraged me to meet with a midwife just to discuss my options.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

There were pluses and minuses about my experiences and I have learned that so much to do with my minuses has to do with the birth team I selected for my births.

She is passionate about gentle birth for both mother and baby and her goal is to help the people that she works with have an experience that is respectful, safe and empowering.

There are a million reasons to be excited about the Christmas season and getting to experience a birth with people like Stevi and Spencer was just the cherry on top.

Since her own very positive experiences, she had been inundated with enquiries from friends and through La Leche League and the Irish Childbirth Trust, and she decided that here was a need for an organisation to give information about and promote the option of home birth.

I can't thank you enough for your emotional support as I prepared to birth this new little life and I so appreciated the time you took to talk with me about my experience after.

When I created Midwest Mom & Wife, one of my many goals, was to share with you my experiences and passions about: pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, babywearing, cloth diapering, co-sleeping, and attachment parenting.

I agree with everything Stacy says above, and question how you interpret simple education, and advocacy for the poor baby who probably didn't enjoy HIS birth experience, as «ladies who feel so negative about birth.»

As for my specific experience with OB / GYN care, my physician invited us to take photographs in the OR, something that is hotly contested in ORs around here during c - section births, because she said, «If I screw up, I'm going to be worrying about a lot more than whether you have photos and videos of it.»

Before your birth, talk with your husband or partner about the kind of experience you hope to have.

Whether you are pregnant, about to give birth or home with a new baby, an experienced doula understands your needs (both emotional and physical) and is able to support you based on those needs.

However, over the months that I was pregnant with Baby Light Footsteps, I became very passionate about birth and women's birth experiences.

Many couples have an awesome birth experience, but once baby is here, they are unsure about how to proceed with their little one.

Doulas use the valuable prenatal meetings to gather information about your individual preferences, add that to their experience with birth, and top it off with their own intuition to offer full spectrum support for the entire team.

I also talk about my experiences with natural birth, home birth, VBAC, breastfeeding, babywearing, and gentle parenting in general.

Not only does Marijke agree with this mom's sentiment about allowing her child in the delivery room, but in this birth photographer's experience, most older siblings have a similar reaction to Nelle's: simply mesmerized and not terrified or disgusted.

She spoke with The Stir about her experience, what has helped her cope in the wake of the brouhaha, and what she would say to other moms facing pushback about the kind of birth they want to have.

Undisturbed birth is almost unheard of these days, with about half of American women being artificially induced for non-medical reasons and one - third of women ending their birth experience with surgery.

Here are some thoughts about my two birth experiences with our boys.

If you feel strongly about having the opportunity to experience skin - to - skin contact right after birth, be sure to discuss this with your health care providers beforehand.

I am very sad to hear about some of the bad experiences with hospital births in the other comments.

Talking to other mothers with similar experiences can help you work through your grief about the birth and how it continues to impact you.

When she told her doula (who she didn't end up needing at the birth) about how much trouble she was having breastfeeding, she told Boss that she had experienced similar problems with her first child, and ended up exclusively pumping her breast milk for two years.

And I would bet that the hospital horror stories are more to do with the womens «feelings» about her birth experience rather than the actual damaged / dead babies from the home birth horror stories.

Davidson also suggests bringing up «anything specific about your birth plans — such as experience with twins, home birth, VBAC, epidurals, or inductions.»