Her mother's public health
nursing stories of birth, the study of humanities and systems thinking fueled her interest; and the guidance of inspiring mentors and colleagues cemented it for life.
Not exact matches
Instead, I (mostly) heard horror
stories of traumatic
births, shared in painful detail, all meant to try to persuade me into having a home
birth instead
of a delivering in a hospital with doctors,
nurses, and access to pain medication.
If your photographer is inexperienced with working along side
of medical professionals ranging from
nurses to OBGYNS, NICU
nurses, neonatologists and anesthesiologists, it can affect how much
of your
birth story they are allowed to photograph
Unfortunately it wasn't the case for me during either
of my children's
births, and plenty
of moms have horror
stories about awful
nurses ruining their
birth experiences.
Peppered throughout are positive
birth and pregnancy
stories from women
of all backgrounds (and all stages
of their natural journey) along with advice and insights from a Certified
Nurse Midwife (CNM) plus a Registered
Nurse (RN), doula, and lactation consultant.
I'm getting so excited just planning out my editorial calendar... get ready for posts about cloth diapering, pregnancy, doula dreams,
nursing, and FINALLY part 2
of my
birth story!
Her mother's
story — along with her work as a
nurse on the Lower East Side
of New York — inspired Sanger to travel to Europe and study
birth control methods at a time when educating people about
birth control was illegal in the United States.