Tag Archives: Childbirth Doula
Induced Labor: 41 Weeks Gestation
(The names of people and places have been changed for confidentiality purposes.) Bella attended my childbirth class where I once volunteered at a center for unwed mothers. Her physician’s policy was to induce labor if the length of the pregnancy … Continue reading
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Is There Hostility Towards Natural Birth?
From a Birth Doula’s Perspective Doula Faith “A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born … Continue reading