If you’ve been researching doulas and what they can offer during childbirth, you’ve probably read something like the following on a thousand websites: “Doulas offer resources and education during prenatal and postpartum visits, provide emotional and physical support as comfort measures during birth,and advocate for your birth choices” But what does a doula do during the actual birth process? What… Read more →
Why It Matters If Your Care Provider “Likes” Doulas – even if you don’t plan to hire one!
Like the photo? Contact me for information having myself and a birth photographer join you at your birth I get referrals from doctors and midwives often enough to know that most of them really see the value of hiring a doula for your birth. My own doctor was thrilled a few years ago when I told her I was becoming… Read more →
Circumcision
Although circumcision may have been fairly common among men in your peer age-group, more and more parents are choosing to keep their sons intact. Every year, the percentage of infant boys being circumcised is decreasing. This is because, as we learn more about the impact of circumcision, more people are looking at it as a prophylactic procedure that does not… Read more →
Caring for the Intact Penis
Although it may seem intimidating to care for an intact penis if your newborn’s father is circumcised, there is really nothing special you need to learn! The most important thing to remember is never to retract your son’s foreskin. At birth, the foreskin is fused to the glans, and naturally separates as boys grow. Once the foreskin detatches, he will… Read more →
From My Birth Journal: Early Birthing
As much as I like hammering out new blog posts on my laptop, I will always have a special love for pen-to-paper journalling. I was going through some of my birth-journal entries earlier this evening, and thought I would start a segment here on the Birth Takes a Village Blog with occasional glimpses of the thoughts I have about birth.… Read more →