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Serving the Greater Los Angeles area

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Childbirth

DATING PREGNANCY

Please attribute to a British midwife, whose name I no longer recall. She was writing her PhD dissertation on this topic at the time of the lecture. It was Aristotle who first said that pregnancy

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BEING WITH YOUR BABY

Orit Wernor has a degree in Early Childhood Education, has worked with children for 15 years, been a career Nanny for 8, worked with many different parents, and cared for many babies.  Parenting/caregiving is the

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PREGNANCY AS OPPORTUNITY

by Jessica Jennings Ma Yoga As a brand new prenatal yoga teacher, I knew nothing about pregnancy (except of course the basics), and all I can think of is how beautiful these women are, how full

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Childbirth

Telling Your Truth

In Midwifery Today Winter Volume 2021, Midwife Lois Wilson writes: “When I entered the world of birth and midwifery in 1985, pregnant with my first child and determined to have a natural birth, there was

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Dads and Partners

DADS HAVE INSTINCTS TOO

It’s so exciting to me to come across new and fresh ideas after decades of teaching and working in the birth world. A recent presentation from Midwife Whapio Diane Bartlett (The Matrona) has added another

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The Hard Truth

Nearly 4 million babies are born each year in the United States, with statistics showing a slight decline in births in 2021 to 3.7 million. Currently, the majority of births (98.4%) happen in hospital settings

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Childbirth

PREPARING FOR BIRTH

I attended my first birth as a doula almost 27 years ago – a 16 year-old African American girl living at St. Anne’s Maternity Home. She was tough as nails, and would jump up and

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Doulas and Labor Support

REFLECTIONS ON 27 YEARS OF DOULA-ING

Two clarifications: First, I have always been at an advantage in that my labor doula clients were my Supported Birth or Lamaze students. They had taken my class, I had provided their knowledge and preparation,

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