new course dates posted!
This is the Winter/Spring 2012 wrap up. After the May 5th course ends I will be taking a break until September, so get ‘em while they’re hot! Contact me for more information, classes are filling...
View ArticleHypnobaby twins birthed vaginally? Why yes…
••• Reposted From Hypnobabies ••• Thanks to Anna Calloway for sharing her story with us. “Hypnobabies taught me invaluable lessons I will take with me always. It made my pregnancy and childbirth a very...
View ArticleFarrah’s Hypnobabies Birth
••This post comes all the way from Canada, shared with permission from Carlie Condon (Mom) and Jenn King, a fellow Hypnobabies instructor and all around great human!•• Let me start off by saying in no...
View ArticleWhat are my choices at the hospital?
Today’s post includes an excellent podcast from pregTASTIC! If you, or someone you know is preparing to give birth in a hospital, knowing what to expect when you walk in and being informed about your...
View ArticleYOU can be a Hypnobabies star!
And Now, a word from our sponsors….Hypnobabies! Are you good on camera? Love to tell your Hypnobabies birth story? Can’t get enough of sharing your wonderful baby news? Are you a birth professional who...
View ArticleFood’s Erin Brockovich and…Epigentics
Why, do we, in these great United States of America, have more cancer and food allergies than the rest of the world? Please understand that I am a BIG fan of food, I love to cook and I love my …...
View ArticleHot or Bikram Yoga during pregnancy?
I love hot yoga. Some of my Yogi and Yogini friends dislike it for various reasons, but I really enjoy the feeling of becoming completely exhausted. I love to stretch my body when it gets a little...
View ArticleHypnobabies on CBS Minnesota!
CBS Minnesota reports that “Hypnobabies Can Create Calmer Childbirths”. Really? Tell us more! Hypnobabies instructor Lindsay McCoy stars (With her very own birth!) in this awesome and VERY informative...
View Articledoot..doot…and now, a Public Service Announcement…doot…doot..
Filed under: Birth, breastfeeding, calm, cesearean, Doula, healthy, hospital, labor, mother, natural birth, RN Tagged: Baby-Friendly Hospital, breastfeeding, doula, natural birth, skin-to-skin contact
View ArticleAudrey Pauline Elder’s Birth Story ~ 8.21.12 ~ 5:54 am ~ 7 lbs, 7 oz
Audrey’s parents, Lyra and Lee Elder, were model students of Portland Hypnobabies. I am so proud of them! Please feel free to share their story with friends and family so the world can learn how...
View ArticleBusiness of Being Born
On the Ricki Lake show this week, Ricki discusses…The Business of Being Born. “Home birth may not be for everybody, but certainly informed choice is for everybody.”Filed under: Birth, birth plan,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding laws, state-by-state
The federal government allows protections for breastfeeding moms on public federal property. But what about breastfeeding or pumping breast milk at work? What about breastfeeding in a restaurant? How...
View ArticleHome, breech, healthy twins!
This is a truly amazing story of twins born at home naturally, 33 hours apart. This may not be the choice that my neighbor or my cousin would make, but I believe an inspiring birth story contains...
View Article“Our butts are so important, let’s celebrate them!”– Ina May Gaskin
“We are the only species of mammal that can doubt its capacity to give birth….we are the only species of mammal that regards it’s rear-end with contempt”. If you haven’t heard this Ted Talk featuring...
View ArticleSo Many Awesome Links!
Hey Everyone! Fin-a-lly! I have updated the USEFUL LINKS page on the website. Really, there’s some awesome information here! If you’re thinking about having a baby, getting ready to birth a baby, just...
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