The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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There were 3 other couples in our Bradley class. We are glad we did not have the same experiences they did. Don't get me wrong, I don't think they had a BAD experience, I'm just glad we did not have to deal with the issues they did.
One had a daughter that was "Not breathing right", they cut the cord and she was taken away to give her O2 and treat her for a while.
Another one hit transition and pushed for hours before an episiotomy and a vac extraction.
The other one was in transition at 6 PM and the birth assistant went and stayed with them at home for 3 hrs before they went in to the hospital. She got there, was checked, pronounced dilated to a 3 and broke down, it about killed her. she delivered about 8 hrs later.
All had to deal with fighting the medical establishment for the birth they wanted.
Most of these things would never even warrant comment, none would even be considered for a horror story, but even they show a huge contrast with our experience. We have absolutely no reason to complain and even the hardest times had high points.
My wife was only surly for 45 minutes, down right ornery for 10 minutes, pushed for maybe 30 seconds and got no damage from it. The midwives were amazed, and not just because of the rapid pushing. One said "Her bottom" was in the best condition she had ever seen and she would not believe she had just delivered a baby if she had not been there. Who could ask for more?
The whole experience was incredible! The actual delivery was unexpected and I was so intent on getting her turned over and telling her to stop pushing I kind of missed it even though I was right there and saw as much as anybody.
I probably looked pretty dopey while my brain switched gears.
I think you BOTH will get a lot out of homebirth and it will bring you
closer together.
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