Tag archive for ‘birth’
Birth Stories – Hope In the Presence of Love
Editor’s Note: Happy Friday! Deepa Upadhyaya is back with another birth story. Here she is:
“Taniqua*, yo hoochi fat.” You could feel her embarrassment, although her teenage face was too black to show blush. I am sure the touch of her cheeks could have started a fire.
The crowd of Taniqua’s so-called friends and family were in [...]
Bumps – Finding Love In Rural Afghanistan
Editor’s Note: Happy Friday! Deepa is here today with another wonderful birth story from far off Afghanistan, as well as a love story that gave her a sense of home, wherever she may be. Here she is:
I was all geared up to write the story of the triplets I helped to deliver vaginally in Ireland, when [...]
When Birth Becomes An Inspired Resistance Movement
Editor’s Note: Happy Friday! This morning we have Deepa talking about the incredibly powerful and moving birth story that inspired her to become a midwife. Here she is:
They say that a mark of happiness is whether you get any pleasure out of the question, “what do you do?”
I often get asked why I became a midwife. [...]
Ask A Midwife – Top 5 Questions From Pregnant Women
Editor’s Note: Good Morning! It is with the greatest of pleasure that we launch the new Ask A Midwife column here on OBE with the midwives of Plum Midwifery joining us monthly to answer your questions about pregnancy and childbirth.
I’m honored to introduce you to Joanne Daviau, Amy Kelly, Emma Gledhill and Jessie Shannon, as [...]
BUMPS – The Role Of A Father During Labor
Editor’s Note: Happy Thursday! This morning we have Deepa on site discussing the function a father has (or doesn’t have) during child birth. Here she is:
Do you know who Dr. Michel Odent is? He is truly a God amongst men in the medical world when it comes to natural childbirth. He is French trained obstetrician [...]
Push It – The Second Stage of Labor
Editor’s Note: Happy Friday Morning! Through her extensive work as a nurse and a midwife, Deepa Upadhyaya has witnessed many beautiful birth stories. Today she’s discussing the second stage of labor – pushing - plus, the first of many international birth stories. Here she is:
For the longest time, whenever I was in the second stage of labor (pushing part) [...]
Get Organized – Planning Out A Nursery
Editor’s Note: Today the lovely and ever-organized Arran Kerrigan drops by to give us the scoop on getting the nursery organized.
I sure could have used this advice the first time around. I’m still looking for that pair of Canucks Robeez that disappeared about six weeks after the tiny person was born.
Organization is something I could [...]
Home Learning – Life Cycles for Preschoolers
OK, so there are a couple realities to working on “learning” projects with a preschooler:
1. Attention span that generally amounts to nanoseconds
2. The constant reminder that 37-year-old mom obviously knows far less than 3.5-year-old child
3. Permanent mess syndrome
4. Sitting at the dining room table is the LAST thing on anyone’s mind when the sun is [...]
Friendship is Key to Managing Stress in Pregnancy
Editor’s Note: I have the most wonderful friends. Seriously, I couldn’t ask for better. They have enormous hearts and are entirely some of the most generous women I have ever known.
But, when I need them the most (ah, it’s the Cancer crab in me…or some serious issues, I’m sticking with astrology) in times of [...]
Empowering Birth while C-Section Rates Soar
Editor’s Note: Since Deepa brought the documentary “The Business of Being Born” to my attention, I’ve found myself a bit changed by it all. We tried, very hard, to have as natural a birth as possible with our daughter and ended up with a very medical one that, while I believe necessary due to the [...]
Time-Honoured Motherhood – The Blessing Way
Editor’s Note: It is with a serious dose of excitement that I introduce Deepa Upadhyaya as she debuts her monthly column BUMPS – Birth, Unity, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Stories.
When talking pregnancy, there’s so much more than the process. As women it binds us, resonates to our very core, back countless generations and forward so many more. [...]
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