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We have found a really neat way to giveback and donate to deserving charities and we wanted to share it with all of our readers. Maybe you're someone whose New Years Resolution was to give more to charity? If so, then this is for you. <a href="http://www.dollarpermonth.org/">Dollar Per Month™</a> is a social giving site that you can impact the bottom line of charities by giving just $1 per month. </div>
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This month, Dollar Per Month™ (DPM™) has announced it’s three charity
partnerships for January 2013. The online non-profit fundraising site raises
money for different charity partners every month, by having members donate as
little as a dollar per month to their selected organizations. Proceeds from
January membership donations will go to <a href="http://www.generationrescue.org/">Generation Rescue</a>, <a href="http://gchope.org/">Giving ChildrenHope</a>, and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/(http://www.kinf.org/about/foundation_story.php)">Kids in Need Foundation.</a> One of the founders of DPM, is Doug Clerget. You may recognize him from Emily Maynards season of The Bachelorette. At Binsi, we love Doug! Send him a tweet to @DougClerget.</div>
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Our favorite of the three charities listed in January is Generation Rescue. They are the leading national organization that provides hope, information and immediate
treatment assistance to families affected by autism spectrum disorders. Jenny McCarthy is one of their biggest
supporters, “I remember the day Evan was diagnosed with autism like it was yesterday.
The doctor told me there was no hope or help for him. Thankfully I found
Generation Rescue and was inspired by the parents before me to find a different
answer” says McCarthy. You can even enter to win one of her novels by <a href="http://bit.ly/VnXKyo">CLICKING HERE</a>.</div>
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Each month, DPM™ selects three charities for their members
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evaluate each and make their decision of which organization should receive
their monthly donation. DPM™ has already carefully investigated and evaluated
all three charities to ensure the charities are reputable, legitimate, making a
positive impact on the world and that the vast majority of donations will go
directly to the cause. After reviewing the charities, members vote for their
favorite charity. The winning charity receives 50% of the community donations,
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355785007908_6972"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355785007908_6970" style="font-family: Calibri;">BINSI was excited to hear the news that <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355785180_1">Holly Madison</span> is expecting with her boyfriend, Pasquale Rotella, the Electronic Daisy Carnival and Insomniac Events founder. The <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355785007908_6975">Peepshow </i>dancer and star of <i>Holly’s World</i> first broke the news to US WEEKLY in August of 2012. Since the big announcement Madison has been sharing photos of herself and her growing baby belly online, telling US WEEKLY “Damn! My belly popped out of nowhere!” Madison and Rotella are expecting a baby girl, and she is “really excited about decorating the nursery. We’ve already started buying things” she said.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355785007908_6998" style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri;">Join us in congratulating Holly and Pasquale on their growing family. Tweet with the momma-to-be Holly Madison @HollyMadison, follow her blog at<a href="http://hollymadison.com/" style="color: #2862c5; outline: 0px;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355785180_2">hollymadison.com</span></a> or LIKE her official Facebook page at: </span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355785007908_7007" style="color: #0026f9; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/HollyMadison" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1355785007908_7006" style="color: #2862c5; outline: 0px;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355785180_3">http://www.facebook.com/HollyMadison</span></a></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Calibri;">.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Why do we use</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <span style="color: #ff9900;">T</span><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><span style="color: #ff9900;">he Golden Bow</span></span> <span style="color: black;">as the symbol for breastfeeding protection, promotion and support?</span></span></h4>
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Many social change efforts have used ribbons and pins to create a sense of belonging to a social movement. While The Golden Bow serves this purpose, but it is unique in that it is not simply a symbol for social change, but carries many meanings within its own design. The Golden Bow is, in and of itself, a lesson in the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding.</div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><b>Gold:</b></span> The use of the gold colour for the bow symbolises that breastfeeding is the gold standard for infant feeding, against which any other alternative should be compared and judged.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff9900;">A Bow:</span></b> Why do we use a bow, rather than the looped ribbon of most campaigns? Each part of the bow carries a special message:</div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><b><img align="left" height="31" src="http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding/assets/gold.jpg" width="36" /></b></span>One loop represents the mother.</div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><b><img align="left" height="31" src="http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding/assets/gold.jpg" width="36" /></b></span>The other loop represents the child.</div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><b><img align="left" height="31" src="http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding/assets/gold.jpg" width="36" /></b></span>The ribbon is symmetrical, telling us the mother and child are both vital to successful breastfeeding - neither is to the left nor to the right, signifying neither is precedent, both are needed.</div>
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<span style="color: #ff9900;"><b><img align="left" height="31" src="http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding/assets/gold.jpg" width="36" /></b></span>The knot is the father, the family and the society. Without the knot, there would be no bow; without the support, breastfeeding cannot succeed. The ribbons are the future: the exclusive breastfeeding for six months,a nd continued breastfeeding for 2 years or more with appropriate complmentary feeding, and the delay of the next birth, preferably for 3 years or more, to give the mother and child time together to recover and to grow, respectively, and to five the mother the time she needs to provide active care for the health, growth and development of this child.</div>
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Much has been written about breastfeeding as "the gold standard" for infant feeding (<a href="http://www.naba-breastfeeding.org/">http://www.naba-breastfeeding.org</a> will soon carry an article first published in 1995 on this issue).</div>
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<b>The Future:</b> UNICEF is proud to launch this symbol and educational campaign on the 12th anniversary of the Innocenti Declaration. Please wear it proudly, and tell everyone who asks of its many meanings.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Susan Donaldson James is one
of our favorite journalists that we at BINSI enjoy following. She is a Pulitzer
Traveling Fellow and often writes for ABC News. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">We were both excited and
saddened to read the stories about women giving birth during the storm known as
“Sandy”. We are strong advocates
of natural childbirth and find it to be very scary that fewer and fewer doctors
are getting training in the experience of natural childbirth vs. medical
childbirth that requires all the conveniences of a modern hospital. Had more
doctors had training in natural or at home childbirths, there would have been
less problems preparing for all the babies that came during hurricane Sandy.
None-the-less, we appreciate Susan Donaldson James and her coverage of “hurricane
Sandy Babies.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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paid little attention to Hurricane Sandy, until police circled her Battery Park
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/10/11/bachelor-jason-mesnick-molly-pregnant-expecting-baby/">Jason & Molly Mesnick</a></td></tr>
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was excited to hear the news through People Magazine, that Jason and Molly
Malaney Mesnick are expecting their first child together in March 2013. On
October 11<sup>th</sup>, 2012 Molly announced she was just entering into her
second trimester and told people magazine she “feels really good”. Jason
and Molly met on season 13 of ABC’s The Bachelor, and later settled down in
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all of our essential BINSI items. Check out the labor and birth products
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A perfect little sports bra for the mommy to be, or new mom. Designed
with adjustable front hoods and side snaps to accommodate medical
equipment. Allows immediate access for skin to skin contact which is a
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moms who want extra coverage and fabulous features. Once you’ve worn it you’ll
be so thankful you found it! Designed with breathability in mind and
accommodates any medical equipment you may need or choose. The top
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us in congratulating Molly, and encouraging her through her pregnancy! Tweet
with her @MollyMesnick or LIKE her official Facebook page at: </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.facebook.com/Molly-Mesnick</span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-39849628350885516602012-10-30T21:37:00.001-06:002012-10-30T21:37:39.142-06:00Trying to Take Back Childbirth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDS_bMiNr6E0HyesYUWpO0l1mUjFI-qPGfFlr0QWuxMlrOxEtGakKB52Rym8-FO0ovaQZiZLNu_UhbbmaSJ9IIDnyMtxCn5NiJzKeTznj9U_QkoPvKp2m7mAYYJyaR0i0nMajGh7XOAA/s1600/childbirth_080721_mn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598424323680921474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDS_bMiNr6E0HyesYUWpO0l1mUjFI-qPGfFlr0QWuxMlrOxEtGakKB52Rym8-FO0ovaQZiZLNu_UhbbmaSJ9IIDnyMtxCn5NiJzKeTznj9U_QkoPvKp2m7mAYYJyaR0i0nMajGh7XOAA/s320/childbirth_080721_mn.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
A Note From Carri:<br />
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It is very scary that fewer and fewer doctors are getting training and experience in natural childbirth. It only widens the gap between natural and medical childbirth, and I think is a huge disservice to women. I live in a very open and natural birthing community, but I know that is not true everywhere. I had to seek medical care for my daughter in upstate New York and I thought the doctor was going to call child services because I gave birth to my daughter at home and was not on schedule for all of my vaccinations. I couldn't wait to get home and near the doctors that I trust, and allow me (without condemnation) to do what I believe is best for myself and my children. I am inspired whenever I hear of women going outside the box and birthing the way that is best for them. It takes incredible amounts of power and confidence, and you ladies pave the way for many more women in the future!<br />
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By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES<br />
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Pregnant with her first child, Julie Speier prepared to deliver with the help of a midwife at a New York City birthing center. But in June -- three weeks before the due date and 600 miles from home -- her water broke.<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ReproductiveHealth/story?id=5462833">here </a>Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-23330584644926001052012-04-23T12:48:00.000-06:002012-04-23T12:48:39.666-06:00A Tale of Two Births: The Baby-Friendly Rap<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N9KptD3t110" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-32233769618798624272012-04-20T06:53:00.001-06:002012-10-30T13:01:57.940-06:00Wait! Don’t Wash That Newborn!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4vBfEvrG_74PG7TjhTiQcH2h8FgosMIgqZX4lhJP82k7U32baKu4hb7q1QHwxGtyG9kdVOaIOb4xRErwqmLhzDO2XHGJfMXE2-mc_SuMmsQ1Wf36QWRyPFmuI0TNbeBLmUxuk3F6VMI/s1600/baby.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733280501673395842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4vBfEvrG_74PG7TjhTiQcH2h8FgosMIgqZX4lhJP82k7U32baKu4hb7q1QHwxGtyG9kdVOaIOb4xRErwqmLhzDO2XHGJfMXE2-mc_SuMmsQ1Wf36QWRyPFmuI0TNbeBLmUxuk3F6VMI/s400/baby.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 245px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Posted by Jennifer Azzariti<br />
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Do you ever watch a television show where a baby is born and laugh as they hand the new mom a clean, approximately 8-week old baby? Most people are well-aware that babies are born with a slimy mucus-like covering on them. For years, I just assumed it was from being inside the mom’s uterus—leftover amniotic fluid or something that surrounded the baby while in the uterus. Well, it has a name—vernix. And by definition, it’s “a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus.” But, what is it, and why do babies have it?<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://eco18.com/dont-wash-newborn/">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-50189011340021971852012-04-18T07:11:00.001-06:002012-10-30T13:02:14.650-06:005 Ways to Get Through a Long LaborBy Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com Guide<br />
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While the average length of a first labor is typically 12-18 hours, not including inductions, there are labors that last longer. Some labors last longer because of physical issues, the baby moving into a better position, mom’s body opening. Other labors are longer because of emotional issues like fear of your surroundings or of becoming a parent, or that your husband won’t make it on time. These can be very real things. For the women who have to deal with lengthy labors, it sounds like it’s a lot of pain. Though having had six labors of my own, I’ve had a wide variety of times: (in order) 36 hours, 45 hours, 8 hours, 11 hours, 4 hours, 2-3 hours, and 45 hours. The easiest labor was actually my 45 hour labor. The reason? Because I managed my labor well. And I’ve also seen it happen many other times in my time as a doula. So here are tips on making the most of a longer labor.<br />
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To read the rest of this wonderful article click <a href="http://pregnancy.about.com/od/laborbasics/a/longlabors.htm">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-40448284581583910292012-04-16T09:09:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:02:28.853-06:00Is a Painful Childbirth all in Your Head?This is a question that is massively poignant to me, and isn't one that I ask lightly. Seasoned medical professionals and women who have experienced painful births are no doubt baring their teeth. Whilst I don't wish to trample on their experience, I am due to give birth in six weeks and I'm hoping that the title to this piece may be truer than we are currently able to anticipate.<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alice-grist/is-a-painful-childbirth-a_b_1425807.html">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-32641888729198656902012-04-04T08:44:00.001-06:002012-10-30T13:02:42.817-06:00A Home for BirthsBy opening a freestanding birth center, perinatologist Steve Calvin is determined to make maternity care more satisfying for women and cost effective.<br />
By Kim Kiser<br />
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Standing on a sidewalk on Chicago Avenue in south Minneapolis, Steve Calvin, M.D., is at the intersection of high-tech and high-touch health care. Behind him is the 100-year-old Victorian home he bought two years ago and turned into a freestanding birth center—a place where women can deliver their babies in much the same tradition as their great grandmothers. Across the street, a crane is busy at work on construction of the Mother-Baby Center on the campus of Children’s and Abbott Northwestern hospitals—a place where women will have access to some of the most sophisticated maternal and neonatal services in the Twin Cities.<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.minnesotamedicine.com/CurrentIssue/AHomeforBirths.aspx">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-86944856372168446942012-04-02T08:38:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:03:04.416-06:00As January Jones admits to eating her own placenta, experts reveal the health benefits (and the cooking instructions)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwB6-YOpD2XsWq3vcsL2HGebQiB3QDBmJdtEoQwxVcS0fq8y3BSW2Jk1TPRAS4A3ltwUcOLjcDYn_vJ1NYX38hj-anXP4sm1rfQ_y_9Wco1_yMaMUlH7i4SKYf2PcKaF8Mn4UdE6d_zQ/s1600/article-2120771-12587D29000005DC-5_468x832.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726658312736092722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwB6-YOpD2XsWq3vcsL2HGebQiB3QDBmJdtEoQwxVcS0fq8y3BSW2Jk1TPRAS4A3ltwUcOLjcDYn_vJ1NYX38hj-anXP4sm1rfQ_y_9Wco1_yMaMUlH7i4SKYf2PcKaF8Mn4UdE6d_zQ/s400/article-2120771-12587D29000005DC-5_468x832.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
By Victoria Wellman<br />
January Jones has certainly been mysterious about the paternity of her son, but one thing she hasn't been shy to admit is how she ate her own placenta following his birth.<br />
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Eating the placenta however, is not an uncommon practice these days, and has become something of a trend among new mothers interested in the much talked about health benefits.<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2120771/As-January-Jones-admits-eating-placenta-experts-reveal-health-benefits-cooking-instructions.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-48823729660711616362012-03-30T08:59:00.000-06:002012-03-30T08:59:00.182-06:00"Pregnant and I Know It" MUSIC VIDEO (Parody of "Sexy and I Know It")<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/THAaNPIxEek" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-67190452308136030672012-03-28T06:53:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:03:29.767-06:00It's a Baby, Not a Gallon Of Milk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1s-riEH42Xiqpklgz7Eu8vPL2RbsRILZB34P8nn_HMHujd_o6e9X8U9VHG4oU_X4hJVFLH0OiFQp2pTs6aU98n00NV589vUbBo0VAQiBT0OyE19EyW0eWkY_28mZaC3ydWP563MiAYI/s1600/113364636_9c2526b57c_z.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724312296491447586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1s-riEH42Xiqpklgz7Eu8vPL2RbsRILZB34P8nn_HMHujd_o6e9X8U9VHG4oU_X4hJVFLH0OiFQp2pTs6aU98n00NV589vUbBo0VAQiBT0OyE19EyW0eWkY_28mZaC3ydWP563MiAYI/s400/113364636_9c2526b57c_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 313px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
If your baby’s date has come and gone fear not! Your baby is just not ready yet. If you find your self in this place, now is a good time to:<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.briobirth.com/articles/its-baby-not-gallon-milk?page=0%2C1">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-72343146248127741802012-03-26T14:46:00.002-06:002012-10-30T13:03:42.226-06:00The Most Scientific Birth Is Often the Least Technological Birth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaq_C7TYi-Po4Pwj9w8UcWbKOkMTjf4V3CPf2mlUmQc8_Y0OpTh-l2a5cjXjTksaONPwzv-j-dRitgJ3D-SHPGFYqiHBj0U1rBnKVX74Rqi0-9BlsD5LOjBN1w9gMQqWDOG_Ix3aXa4Uo/s1600/Babies1SS-Post-thumb-615x300-81822.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724311050561388210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaq_C7TYi-Po4Pwj9w8UcWbKOkMTjf4V3CPf2mlUmQc8_Y0OpTh-l2a5cjXjTksaONPwzv-j-dRitgJ3D-SHPGFYqiHBj0U1rBnKVX74Rqi0-9BlsD5LOjBN1w9gMQqWDOG_Ix3aXa4Uo/s400/Babies1SS-Post-thumb-615x300-81822.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 195px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
When I ask my medical students to describe their image of a woman who elects to birth with a midwife rather than with an obstetrician, they generally describe a woman who wears long cotton skirts, braids her hair, eats only organic vegan food, does yoga, and maybe drives a VW microbus. What they don't envision is the omnivorous, pants-wearing science geek standing before them.<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/the-most-scientific-birth-is-often-the-least-technological-birth/254420/#.T2n8KTcVKoE.facebook">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-9347415161666811582012-03-23T10:03:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:03:57.895-06:00Apologies To The Parents I Judged Four Years AgoBy Kara Gebhart Uhl from <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kara-gebhart-uhl/mom-judgments_b_1319775.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline">The Huffington Post</a><br />
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To the Parents I Knew Four Years Ago: I'm Sorry<br />
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I have come to realize many things since having three children. For example, I now know that I can read "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" seven times in a row without going insane. No matter what people say, throw-up is throw-up and I don't care if it is my daughter who is throwing up but her throw-up makes me want to throw up. I am a really fast diaper changer. And it's true: love does not split, but grows with additional children.<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kara-gebhart-uhl/mom-judgments_b_1319775.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-90084084802015274922012-03-21T09:57:00.001-06:002012-10-30T13:04:11.976-06:00Set Up a Birth Altar For Focus and Guidance During Labor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QdCGOSb6flFpDncdh-g_6QXr1582flOFZH7-XRG0lGWV7eLbzvTgy3KR0PqZiqvD_QjOnyaoxC17tGTD0tQ3CBM4AcCxNHas62fXmgWJ3ZWPw9Xlk_M7iJmac_2rcwb97VdJGn9qN0w/s1600/6240498947_bce6e76c84_z.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721452813337072930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QdCGOSb6flFpDncdh-g_6QXr1582flOFZH7-XRG0lGWV7eLbzvTgy3KR0PqZiqvD_QjOnyaoxC17tGTD0tQ3CBM4AcCxNHas62fXmgWJ3ZWPw9Xlk_M7iJmac_2rcwb97VdJGn9qN0w/s400/6240498947_bce6e76c84_z.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 306px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
When prepping for birth, there are so many medical and physical factors to consider – but your emotional state is also something that is incredibly important. Along with learning deep breathing, and methods such as Hypnobithing to help you through labor, there are things you can put together to help give you focus as well. One of those things is a ‘birth altar.’<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.briobirth.com/articles/set-birth-altar-focus-and-guidance-during-labor">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-28761566061338428652012-03-19T09:48:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:04:31.344-06:00Warning Signs to Look for in Your Care Provider<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYlwBaAggnQbu-noYuOL_g9BWlnfO4c1uB9CPWZD0YxMFUnbOxBuHv5MM3h0LF7-UyRQF7DPHeFRMGr4eDUDXrMh2z4vdjT2apQ8QP4yLP51814ZCS01G9vVz9PzCMrBKzeMWS9i_0XI/s1600/4739b6c64144f72975550c5e8df1b948_M.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721450880354880738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYlwBaAggnQbu-noYuOL_g9BWlnfO4c1uB9CPWZD0YxMFUnbOxBuHv5MM3h0LF7-UyRQF7DPHeFRMGr4eDUDXrMh2z4vdjT2apQ8QP4yLP51814ZCS01G9vVz9PzCMrBKzeMWS9i_0XI/s400/4739b6c64144f72975550c5e8df1b948_M.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Written by Muscat Midwife<br />
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift” - Albert Einstein<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://thebirthingsite.com/birthing-places/item/472-warning-signs-to-look-for-in-your-care-provider.html">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-14692320692682405932012-03-16T09:03:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:04:50.942-06:00Emergency C-Sections, Incubators, & Hospital Protocol: Men Experience Birth Trauma, Too<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNTzhfkVjNE4j5r-dhDTVLdNnnR7NRnhQGBtSiLi4ZmESx3QP65lxGRdTlIQE4RR9VmwHFEB6ZsxKh3fek_l_ECbgeEWPfyZZ11bdtWMnR54n9tIF_xFajv_OHPRukzB2ikzvhid-09Y/s1600/Depressed-dad.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719583538916529730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNTzhfkVjNE4j5r-dhDTVLdNnnR7NRnhQGBtSiLi4ZmESx3QP65lxGRdTlIQE4RR9VmwHFEB6ZsxKh3fek_l_ECbgeEWPfyZZ11bdtWMnR54n9tIF_xFajv_OHPRukzB2ikzvhid-09Y/s400/Depressed-dad.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 250px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 250px;" /></a><br />
by Birth Without Fear on August 28, 2011<br />
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Birth trauma is very real and probably much more frequent than women in our society realize. But birth trauma is not exclusive to the moms and babies. We dads experience birth trauma, too, but in a very different, very mentally draining way.<br />
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Postpartum Depression for Men?<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/2011/08/28/emergency-c-sections-incubators-hospital-protocol-men-experience-birth-trauma-too/">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-82258191867518260542012-03-15T08:59:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:05:28.743-06:00Retreat at The FarmAre you tired of witnessing women being violated during birth and feeling powerless to stop the train wreck happening before your eyes? Do you wonder how there can possibly be such a giant gap between what medical research recommends and the standard procedures in hospitals? Do you wonder how the United States can spend more money than other countries on maternity care and have worse outcomes? Or how it is possible, in a time of technical advances and improvements in our health, that maternal mortality in the U.S. can be on the rise? Are you ready to stop being a bystander and work for change?<br />
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Let’s stop talking about how bad things are and do something. Let’s come together, gather our allies, learn from the people who have improved maternity care in their communities and lay the groundwork for a full-scale birth revolution! Join the national grassroots movement to change maternity care.<br />
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Where’s My Midwife? invites you to spend a weekend at the Farm in Tennessee, plotting and scheming, coming up with activities that can be carried out in any community at any time for little to no money. These activities will raise public awareness about our broken maternity care system, and draw attention to the methods that are producing better results for mothers and babies. We need to put public pressure on the people, organizations and businesses in positions of power and hold them accountable for improving outcomes.<br />
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If you are ready to take the next step, join us June 22nd through the 24th at our first annual Birth Activists Retreat. For more information, e-mail us at info@wheresmymidwife.org.<br />
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And remember, “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Laurel Thatcher UlrichBirth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-82241891837068520742012-03-14T08:55:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:05:48.118-06:00Childbirth: A Different Way to Remove the Placenta May Save Mothers’ Lives, a Study Finds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPfOjC6OpesY2xRJpD02iVZRcO4Gfu5Xb9mGazu5wHUG0hBU5gJkj5OrQMed_5PLjomWZswyfloBv_dV64Jz3x93bJ97pYODfA6kMPGOoK-YUAio3gFqYBIX0wRvQoN3qKR6os2Q661U/s1600/13GLOB_SPAN-articleLarge.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719581402936930386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPfOjC6OpesY2xRJpD02iVZRcO4Gfu5Xb9mGazu5wHUG0hBU5gJkj5OrQMed_5PLjomWZswyfloBv_dV64Jz3x93bJ97pYODfA6kMPGOoK-YUAio3gFqYBIX0wRvQoN3qKR6os2Q661U/s400/13GLOB_SPAN-articleLarge.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.<br />
Published: March 12, 2012 <br />
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Delivery without pulling on the umbilical cord may be a simpler way to keep some women from bleeding to death in childbirth, a new study has found.<br />
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In Africa and Asia, postpartum hemorrhage kills a third of the women who die in childbirth, and health agencies constantly struggle to refine midwife training to prevent those deaths. (Above, a maternity ward in Sudan.)<br />
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To read the rest of this article click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/health/study-says-umbilical-cord-shouldnt-be-pulled-during-labor.html?_r=2&src=tp&smid=fb-share">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018807052430601812.post-4655621261580648542012-03-12T08:11:00.000-06:002012-10-30T13:06:15.830-06:00The mean-girl advice of What To Expect When You’re Expecting.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW_Aajjknqb3sbD0vREA9_EvganHAwqwDggshijE9TyPFYwfUQk0e3QO0UmMEDoGUEbjhqDTF7Nv_WdzcOTM2j_kKE0jxT5MWbJPRRNcFqjaHcgpBx6dNvzgHJ2KWGqTYBQ8U0A7F_40/s1600/120301_BOOKS_expecting.jpg.CROP.article250-medium.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718859503691020338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW_Aajjknqb3sbD0vREA9_EvganHAwqwDggshijE9TyPFYwfUQk0e3QO0UmMEDoGUEbjhqDTF7Nv_WdzcOTM2j_kKE0jxT5MWbJPRRNcFqjaHcgpBx6dNvzgHJ2KWGqTYBQ8U0A7F_40/s400/120301_BOOKS_expecting.jpg.CROP.article250-medium.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 352px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 250px;" /></a><br />
I loved this article! I hope you enjoy it too!<br />
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By Allison Benedikt|Posted Saturday, March 3, 2012<br />
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If you ask a pregnant woman about pregnancy books, she will generally respond with some hand-waving variation of: "Oh, I don't read the books. They just make you crazy!" But contrary to our carefully cultivated pregnancy personas, expectant moms devour pregnancy advice. Late into the night. Down into the wormhole. And, with more than 17 million copies in print worldwide, plus untold millions being passed between sisters and friends, What To Expect When You're Expecting is still the mother of them all.<br />
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To read the rest of this awesome article click <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/03/the_mean_girl_advice_of_what_to_expect_when_you_re_expecting_.html">here</a>.Birth Skirt Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722800280479850349noreply@blogger.com0