Coalition for Breech Birth Conference

Life made sure I went to the Coalition for Breech Birth Conference in Ottawa, Canada. Robin Guy and her Coalition co-madres joined efforts with UnderstandingBirthBetter.com Midwife Betty-Anne Daviss. They brought several top breech experts to Canada to share their hope to continue vaginal breech birth on Earth. Starting with Dr.s Andre’ Lelonde and Robert Gagnon […]

Fun w Belly Mapping

This post from an expectant mother’s blog lifted my spirits today. “We also got to find out our baby’s position in the womb (called belly mapping). S/He was enthusiastically responding to our hands. So our baby’s back is on my left side and the knees & feet are up against my belly’s right side (which […]

Choice

“Women always have a choice. The question is not whether they have a choice, but are they willing to make a choice.” – Kim Wildner, in Midwifery Today Issue 68, Winter 2003, “The Ties that Bind, How Belief Creates Birth Realities” This is exactly why I say Homebirth isn’t a choice, its a way of […]