tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post8111653933660324881..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: Lamaze ConferenceRixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-81069118978137915232009-10-07T00:04:44.517-04:002009-10-07T00:04:44.517-04:00Hi Rixa, there's a blogpost online about Henc...Hi Rixa, there's a blogpost online about Henci Goer's daughter's birth that, I think, says it all about the impossibility of getting a decent birth in hosp. If the woman who wrote "Thinking Woman's Guide" and has all the research at her fingertips can't doula her own daughter through the hosp then who can?WiseWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339841433199041747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-39875942499599639842009-10-06T22:13:24.286-04:002009-10-06T22:13:24.286-04:00Hi Rixa!
It really was great meeting you in person...Hi Rixa!<br />It really was great meeting you in person. *Having lunch on the grass, with me explaining my skirt with the built-in Spanks. Remember? :)*<br />I also agree with your themes of the conference. I loved the lecture on C-Sections on Demand that we both attended. It gave me a lot to think about.Reality Roundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489382111809964841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-29699823308165570082009-10-06T16:07:48.444-04:002009-10-06T16:07:48.444-04:00It was such a pleasure to get to know you, Rixa! A...It was such a pleasure to get to know you, Rixa! And I love that the picture from my phone made it onto your blog! :) <br /><br />Really, there's nothing like connecting in person with people passionate about the same things you are. I'm so glad I helped welcome you into the Lamaze community.Amy Romanohttp://www.scienceandsensibility.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-76763718312029452522009-10-06T13:08:29.698-04:002009-10-06T13:08:29.698-04:00Great post. I started my online store because my ...Great post. I started my online store because my doctors really didn't help me with the comfort aspect of pregnancy. I then hired a doula to act as my advocate in the labor and delivery room. While I ended up having an emergency c-section it did cause me to start my online store: www.bellybuttonboutique.com to help other women throughout their pregnancies and after.<br /><br />Second pregnancy, I wanted a VBAC, I got it, but with a different doctor. Going through what I went through the first time, I knew that I needed a doctor that was going to be on my same page.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622323089460508279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-816267851912088292009-10-06T12:27:08.711-04:002009-10-06T12:27:08.711-04:00Thing is, advocating for a woman/protecting a woma...Thing is, advocating for a woman/protecting a woman/trying to speak up for her wishes are exactly things that get doulas their bad name! I would of course really want someone to be able to do this for me if I had to give birth in a hospital--but as a doula, I know that it's not really what we're supposed to be doing and can sometimes get us kicked out because the doctor or nurse thinks we're overstepping our boundaries. It's really a tough place to be in for both women and their doulas.Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-16607665210335749972009-10-06T11:16:07.599-04:002009-10-06T11:16:07.599-04:00mommymichael, that is what a good doula is for. It...mommymichael, that is what a good doula is for. It's really difficult to be an affective advocate for yourself while you are in labor. Good luck.MomTFHhttp://www.momstinfoilhat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-89072945117809303912009-10-06T09:17:21.896-04:002009-10-06T09:17:21.896-04:00"Frustration that childbirth educators can ta..."Frustration that childbirth educators can talk to pregnant women, get them informed of their options and the best evidence-based research, help them make a birth plan—and then it all falls apart in the hospital and they keep seeing these “train wreck” births where the woman gets every intervention she didn't want and the woman seems stunned by how nothing she asked for happened"<br /><br />see. this right here is what frightens me so much this pregnancy. <br />Everything is up in the air as to where I'll be birthing (home or hospital) due to the circumstances surrounding it.<br />And I'm frightened that if I do need to birth at the hospital that nothing I ask for will happen. <br /><br />I'm pretty laid back, and I don't mind certain things, but I don't want a pushy doctor/nurse that I will have to fight with during labor JUST so I can have a normal, intervention free, vaginal birth.<br />One that I've experienced twice prior.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-12880039163345852892009-10-05T22:45:30.530-04:002009-10-05T22:45:30.530-04:00It was a real treat meeting you and seeing you rec...It was a real treat meeting you and seeing you receive the Safe and Healthy Birth Media Award for all you do through your blog! I, too, am just home from a full day traveling, all the way to Seattle, and my head is spinning, but it was a great conference full of info! Looking forward to reading more of what you write, and if you ever get to Seattle, do let me know!Sharon Muza, New Moon Birthhttp://www.newmoonbirth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-73320145127627045292009-10-05T22:08:44.202-04:002009-10-05T22:08:44.202-04:00It was wonderful meeting you and Dio.
I complete...It was wonderful meeting you and Dio. <br /><br />I completely agree with your assessment of the prevailing themes.MomTFHhttp://www.momstinfoilhat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com