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1. Do I Need A Doula? Doulas are becoming incredibly popular. In fact, most women who have had a Doula wonder how they could have gotten through their birth experience without one? Many second time moms hire a Doula after first giving birth without one and realising how b...
2. Child Birth Videos     This LENS provides access to free childbirth videos clips. One interesting aspect of videos of women in childbirth is that most mothers have never actually SEEN a baby being born? Isn't that amazing?     Take a l...
3. Doulas | Why every mother-to-be needs doula services! I never knew what doula was until my traumatic Cesarean section with Mya. I did actually come across the term "doula" somewhere while "preparing" for labor but somehow I completely dismissed the idea. I mean I had all th...
4. How to Become a Midwife "The decision to become a midwife is one of the most important you will ever make, right up there with getting married or having a baby. Be careful how and what you learn. You must learn to guard your heart and mind. Birth is about women and the...
5. How to have an easy birth and a calm baby Welcome! if you've found this page then you must be thinking of starting a family or already pregnant. You are about to experience the most amazing, empowering, life changing moments, you have a chance to bring a new being into the world and to shape...
6. San Diego Midwife Talks About VBAC I'm Barbara E. Herrera, LM, CPM and have been in the birth arena for 25 years and have assisted at about 900 births. I am Ama Mama Midwifery and attend births in San Diego and Riverside Counties, California. I have extensive experience with VBACs and...
7. Home Births - Labor At Home! Do you love reading birth stories? Most moms do... especially pregnant moms. This is why pregnancy television shows are so popular. Everyone loves a good birth story. Birth is the start of new life and nothing could be more special than that. Birth i...
8. Doula Business A Doula is "a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth." (Klaus, Kennell and Klaus, Mothering the Mother) The first step a...
9. Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth Although many assume that giving birth in a hospital setting is the safest environment for both mother and baby, there is very little evidence to support that assumption. A brief look back through history can bear testimony to the lack of the modern...
10. Natural Birth Fanatic For those of us who understand natural birth, this lens might seem redundant. You might want to send your confused friends and family over this way to answer the plethora of questions about why you are crazy enough to be wanting a birth without medic...
11. Cyclebeads Help You Plan or Prevent Pregnancy Naturally After searching for natural alternatives to birth control there is finally a fabulous way to plan or prevent your pregnancy naturally that I would like to share with women and their partners.  CycleBeads are an easy way to use a natural family p...
12. How to Become a Postpartum Doula Postpartum doulas are trained to offer families evidence-based information and support on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from childbirth, infant soothing and coping skills for new parents. They may also help with light housework, fix...
13. Pregnancy, Birth, Baby, and Beyond: The Quick Guide Pregnancy and parenting are my "day job." (I write pregnancy and parenting books for a living.) And I recently launched a blog @ Yahoo! Parenting in Canada. (You can access a number of my pregnancy, parenting, and baby articles on the site,...
14. Finding a Doula in Arizona Come on in and stay awhile, you can take your shoes off and stay as long as you need. This is a page where you can find useful information on birth and Doulas. What is a doula you ask? Follow me down the page further and I will explain it a little m...
15. Sunflower Doula An Antepartum doula- help mothers on bed rest and high risk pregnancies receive the emotional and practical care needed.
16. San Diego Midwife Looking for a San Diego midwife? I'll tell you great ways to pick through the similarities and find the perfect midwife for you and your family.
17. Birth Stories A collection of birth stories that I've come across on the web. The focus will mainly be on natural births as that is my main interest for my own pregnancy.
18. Planning for childbirth like you are planning for a marathon. Childbirth is a physically and emotionally demanding event. Like a marathon runner, a pregnant mother must gather her team of supporters if she is going to have a successful 'run'. From the doctor or midwife to the doula, every member of her support...
19. Ask This San Diego Midwife Your Questions Colors? As many as I can wear. Opinions? I have plenty of loud ones! Being there for my San Diego clients? In every way I possibly can.  I'm Barbara E. Herrera, Licensed and Certified Professional Midwife and I own A...
20. How To Plan My Homebirth? Just as you would prepare your suitcase carefully for a hospital delivery, planning for a homebirth requires some special preparation, the first of which is mentally preparing both you and your partner for the event. Although giving birth is a natura...