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Fathers at Birth-Book Club

Fathers at Birth by Rose St. John

 

I love this book for many reasons and recommend it to families all the time.  It is useful not only for partners but for doulas and anyone else attending a woman in labor.  There were many important parts that I thought we should discuss but I tried to limit the discussion because I know we are all pressed for time.  If I missed anything you would like to bring up please feel free to do so…again-let’s have fun!

 

If you only had ten minutes...

...to talk to a room of expectant parents about how to optimize their birth-what would you be sure to include?  What would be the most important information-the few things you would want them to take with them when they left.  Would the information you relay differ if you were wearing your doula hat or your childbirth educator hat? What resources would you suggest for further reading? If there were other care-providers on the panel with you-a midwife, a doctor, a nurse, a yoga teacher...what would you include to either compliment what they are saying in their ten minutes or to highlight your specific role as a doula or educator?

ICEA (first ever) Book Club - Birth Matters by Ina May Gaskin

Birth Matters

This is my first book club experience.  At first I thought I would write a review of the book and the discussion would grow from there.  Then I realized that is not what a book club is about-we just want a place where we can chat about what we have read.  I have put together a series of questions and topics for discussion referring to either direct passages in the book or issues that were brought up to get our conversation going.  I am hoping these topic points will stimulate and the comments will explode from there. (next time I will go straight to the topics of discussion without an intro)

 

Postpartum Suns-First Birth Blues (too)

This story was written quite some time ago but I was inspired to post to share my experience with Amber.  Her blog made me feel much less alone and I wanted to thank her for sharing her post by sharing my own.  Thanks Amber!!! (my oldest son is ten now and little man is 2.5)

 

Trauma: An experience that produces psychological injury of pain.  A powerful shock that may have long lasting effects.

 

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