Birth Category

veterinary medicine

In: Birth, pregnancy

When I was pregnant with Esteban, we went over to Ma’s house to hang out, eat, talk, etc. one day. She was in the kitchen watching TV, and she turned the channel to Animal Planet. Obsessed as I was of all things birth, it was interesting to see this show about veterinary obstetrics. There was [...]

on night-time doulas and other musings

In: Birth, pregnancy

I just read this interesting article on blogging baby written by a father. He was talking about how helpful a doula was during the recent birth of his child. How the doula helped his wife through the 36 hours of labor, etc. Then he mentioned the concept of a night-time doula. I’d never

Birthday

In: Birth

I had had three other less than perfect births, and was ready for something different.