Archive for the questions about birth Category

Looking for information about DC area hospital Cesarean rates? Many people decide to enroll in my classes because they would like to avoid a Cesarean with their first baby, or because they would like to have either a vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) or an unmedicated birth

Although I haven’t had a baby in Loudoun, I’d like to share from a professional standpoint what constitutes excellent care and from what I’ve seen working here as a doula is the best hospital in Loudoun to have a baby. Since everyone has their own idea of what

Well, of course you can! You can have anything you want for your birth. (Duh.) During a Hypnobabies class, you can expect to receive information about some of the benefits of unmedicated childbirth, such as freedom of movement, and some of the risk associated with epidurals, such as

There are so many different attitudes and perspectives swirling around the topic of birth and there seems to be a counterpoint for each. Some say you can’t have a positive birth story unless you expect to. Others say it’s foolish for mothers to expect anything in particular

Trained as a journalist in college, I used to think the concept of a blog was silly. Now I spend way too much time reading them and I even write a few of my own. But not just any blogs: birth blogs. These posts can be very

I think I was lucky. Something within me knew that I would need a doula present at my birth, even though my husband had been very attentive and supportive during pregnancy and I was confident he would be very involved during labor. I can’t even remember exactly

How long labor lasts depends on a number of factors. But before getting freaked out by the prospect of being in labor for hours on end, I want to tell you a secret: Hypnobabies moms often report that their births were much shorter than they actually were.