Great wee post about a 3 year old girl who wants to be a 2 year old. Because Birthing Better families taught me so much, I can pull from my long 45 year past to keep passing on many of the wonderful skills. Without a doubt our Trust, Common Knowledge Trust, focuses on...
I’m sure you’ve all seen these great photos of a 12-year-old delivering her baby brother. Funny, why suit up? Nice Obstetrician. This should be happening more. Many, many Birthing Better mothers (me included) birthed our children on our own in hospital,...
There is so much focus on TABS (trauma after birth syndrome) that has increased since the 1980s … as it affects women. But men are impacted by birth as well and too often left feeling traumatized. In fact often more so than women. This is true of almost all...
READ THIS GREAT BIRTH STORY: When we talk about being a skilled birthing woman and birth-coaching dad, we absolutely know there are some women who just birth easily. There’s a scale that ranges from women who feel absolutely no pain throughout birth to those...
We go on and on about making two Birth Plans. First, sort out what you want and don’t want. This first Birth Plan helps your obstetrician or midwife and perhaps doula, understand how you imagine your birth to be like. But (and it’s a BIG BUT) you cannot... 