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Butterfly Blog: January, 2009

  • Use of Ultrasound in Pregnancy and Birth
    Posted: 07 Dec, 2009

     

     Use of Ultrasound Devices in Pregnancy

     

    What is Ultrasound? 

     

  • Breastfeeding--Sore Nipples
    Posted: 07 Dec, 2009

    Here's another school assignment, in a somewhat informal context but still good info.  I'll be taking Breastfeeding 2 in the winter term, so I'll post more of these as they are available.

    Concern: Sore Nipples


  • Benefits of Delayed Cord Clamping
    Posted: 07 Dec, 2009

    This was an assignment this term, to write an info sheet on delayed cord clamping.I wrote it with first-person pronouns, even though I am not a midwife yet, so that it will be easy to use when I do have a practice.It still needs some revision, but I thought I'd put it up here and update here when I do revise it.

    Information Sheet: Delayed Cord Clamping

  • On Death and Birth
    Posted: 31 Aug, 2009

    I was listening to OPB today, and one statement jumped out at me.  It was a discussion on death and dying, and that wonderful/horrible place in life when one knows he or she is dying.  How it is a blessed time, because of all the normal day-to-day frustrations no longer mattering, but also just hard, as one knows life is coming to an end.  Decisions have to be made that are permanent, and a certain acceptance is inherent in a good death.  The statement that jumped out at me was "Death does not cause suffering; resistance to death causes suffering."  

  • Dooce hires a doula
    Posted: 13 Jul, 2009

    Heather from Dooce is one of the mega-mommy-bloggers, one that I read regularly.  Here she discusses her turnabout from wanting an epidural "two days before I start contractions" to wanting to try for a natural birth.  She hired a doula to help her reach her goal.  Read here about her change of heart.

    Dooce on Natural Birth

  • Keeping Baby Safe: Potential Toxins to be Avoided During Pregnancy
    Posted: 08 Jun, 2009

    During pregnancy, certain substances in your environment are harmful to your developing baby.  Some are more harmful than others.  Here is a list of harmful substances; some are still under study to find out if they are harmful.  As always, it is up to you, the pregnant mother, to decide how you will use this information.  I have more information for each substance; my doula clients are welcome to ask for more information.

  • Pregnancy Discomforts
    Posted: 08 Jun, 2009

    Listed here are some of the more common pregnancy discomforts and some suggestions for how to cope with them.  For more severe problems or for more information, always ask your care provider.  Not all women will develop all of these discomforts, but if you do develop them, it is normal for pregnancy.  

     

  • The Safety of Birth
    Posted: 10 May, 2009

    Click on the link and you can hear a podcast of the founder of my school, Birthingway College of Midwifery, discussing the safety of homebirth and regulation of homebirth midwives on OPB's Think Out Loud.

     

    http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/battling-over-birth/

  • Being Born is Important by Carl Sandburg
    Posted: 01 May, 2009

    Being born is important
    You who have stood at the bedposts
    and seen a mother on her high harvest day,
    the day of the most golden of harvest moons for her.

    You who have seen the new wet child
    dried behind the ears,
    swaddled in soft fresh garments,
    pursing its lips and sending a groping mouth
    toward nipples where white milk is ready.

    You who have seen this love's payday
    of wild toiling and sweet agonizing.

    You know being born is important.
    You know that nothing else was ever so important to you.  

  • Embryonic Cell Division
    Posted: 12 Apr, 2009

    I'll keep adding interesting facts as I come upon them!

     

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