Too Little Amniotic Fluid: Another Cesarean Averted
Around the same time that the couple who had been told that they had too much amniotic fluid and a huge baby – and so they would have to be induced and quite probably have a cesarean section – came to see me, another couple came to me for a consult as well. This couple…
Too Much Amniotic Fluid?
This wonderful couple came to me two days after their “due date” which had been calculated by an ultrasound – we all know that ultrasounds are notoriously inaccurate for dating babies. This was their first baby and they had been scheduled for an induction the following day and had been threatened, heard the word “cesarean”…
New Year’s Eve Birth!
This was the third baby for the family but the first home birth. Five year old Gemma and three year old Keira were leaning over the tub and squealing with delight as their baby brother was born! Their cat was pretty enthralled, too…
HEAL YOUR BIRTH TEARS WORKSHOP
A weekend event to be held in Florida in February, 2012 and in Westwood, MA beginning Friday, June 1, 2012 at 6:00PM, continuing through 3:00 PM on Sunday, June 3rd This workshop is designed for women who were left disoriented, misunderstood, disgruntled and enraged after a birth experience that didn’t go the way they had…
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power
I had the great privilege of spending time with Miriam Pollack, an articulate writer and eloquent speaker who is passionate about issues of gender, power, and violence. I urge you to read Miriam’s recently published article in the Huffington Post. A version of this work originally appeared in Tikkun Magazine, and is well worth re-publication, again…
WHAT ONE CESAREAN DID
Many years ago, I got a call from a woman who was on her way to Boston in labor. She was from Maine but was coming to Boston as her two year old had been diagnosed with cancer that very day – he had a fast growing kind, and she was told by the doctor…
THE EPI-NO? (a repost)
I wrote a piece about the Epi-No – a device which stretches the woman’s vagina before birth. I am not in favor of this device, no way, no how, but due to numerous emails from the Epi-No people, I am taking the blog down temporarily and will rewrite it at some point, although my view…
HOME BIRTH ATER 2 CESAREANS!
At 2:28 AM, an adorable, pink, healthy baby boy was born. We waited to weigh him of course, until he was about two hours old, as we figured he would weigh approximately the same as what he weighed when he was born, and we don’t cut the cord for at least an hour after a…