In honor of National Preemie Day, November 17

The Journey Of Sebastian Octavius : On April 7, 2009 during my home school meeting I had a gush of fluid…..I went to the midwife office and it was confirmed with a nitrizine strip that it was amniotic fluid. I was escorted to the hospital. The Ob did the same...

Evidence on the Safety of Water Birth

I have personally been to many water births as a birth  Doula. The photo on my blog of the baby was a beautiful water birth, at home. In April there was report that went out In their opinion statement, ACOG and the AAP firmly admonished that water birth should be...

Comparing Child Birth Education Classes

  You may be surprised to discover the variations in childbirth classes—some are months long while others last a day; some take place in a hospital( least recommended)  and others are conducted in the educator’s home or other locations. Regardless, topics...

Cervical Scar Tissue – A Cause of Preventable Cesareans

Cervical Scar Tissue – A Cause of Preventable Cesareans Dawn Thompson is  the founder of ImprovingBirth.org.  She has spent the past eight years on a mission to understand how scar tissue on the cervix affects women in labor, and to let the public know about it.  In...