Author Archives: beth

About beth

mother of three children...lover of Philadelphia, midwife, therapist.

Support the Cause!

Buy a tshirt, support the Philadelphia Birth Arts Doula scholarship! http://www.zazzle.com/vaginamite_tshirt-235633881115384890

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Another reason to embrace breastfeeding!

http://theprimalparent.com/2012/01/09/fetish-another-reason-to-breastfeed/

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Ina May, Birth in America.

Radio Times and Ina May on birth in the USA.

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Homebirth up, 20%, in 4 years.

http://cfmidwifery.blogspot.com/2011/05/grn-home-birth-rate-up-20-in-four-years.html

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Happy Mother’s Day…

Giving birth is just the beginning of the journey…often women think, “it’s too hard, I can’t do it, I’m not strong enough.”  But having the baby is the first step, the jump off, in to the wild and wacky and … Continue reading

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Take this to your Doctor! Truth about Low Amniotic Fluid Levels.

A terrific hand out, if you are being told you need to induce labor due to low fluid levels: www.ribirth.net/docs/Amniotic%20Fluid%20Levels.pdf

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Thoughts on Mothering

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

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Summing up American Birth…one laugh at a time.

Monty Python, Hospital Sketch

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