By Ali Weatherford (Trigger warning: discussion of maternal and infant mortality rates) Or maybe you’ve heard this one, “Healthy baby, healthy mama. That’s what counts.” Are these platitudes true? I think they are absolutely true. But are they really all [...]
Ali Weatherford When people register for my birth classes, there’s a question on the form that asks what they’re most hoping to learn about. One of the answers I see most is about breathing during labor. We hear A LOT [...]
By Ali Weatherford If you’re wondering whether you should tour your hospital before you go into labor, my answer is YES! If you can only do a virtual tour, do it! If you can go in person, that’s even better. [...]
By Ali Weatherford Birth plans can be a surprisingly controversial topic. A lot of people think they are a great idea and even essential. I sometimes work on birth plans individually with families and have had people tell me that [...]
By Ali Weatherford with Lacey Castilleja Fisher, LPC-S, RPT-S, PMH-C Traumatic childbirth is something that happens. Sometimes that’s because of truly life-threatening situations, but more often it’s other things that happen. Those things might be perceived as life-threatening, even if [...]
By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Jessica Good Midwifery care means getting prenatal, birth, and/or postpartum health care from a midwife. The origin of the word “midwife” boils down to “with wife” or “with woman”. Since the beginning, women going [...]
By Ali Weatherford This is one of my favorite topics to talk about, write about, and even teach about. I’ve been teaching birth classes since 2014, and it honestly never gets old. HOWEVER, it’s definitely fun to find a new [...]
By Ali Weatherford I honestly didn’t know what my cervix was while I was pregnant and giving birth. Maybe that was covered in 6th grade health class, but I was not paying attention! During my pregnancy, I didn’t think to [...]
By Ali Weatherford DOULA is an ancient Greek word that means female slave or servant. Yikes, right?!?! Some more modern interpretations of the word accept the meaning as woman caregiver. In modern times, being a doula is a profession. A [...]
By Ali Weatherford What will your baby look like at birth? Cute? No, probably not. Sorry! Pretty much everything they show on TV and in movies about birth and newborn babies is very wrong. Birth almost never happens like that, [...]
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