BirthYourWay.Org Childbirth Education

Birth Your Way will be holding one day Child Birth Education Classes on Saturday, June 24th at 9am. Details coming soon.

You ever feel like at any moment all the glue that holds you together will just come undone? And yet, underneath the sheer terror you feel that it might happen is a quiet yearning to just get it over with. Then you realize that dealing with the juxtaposition of those two emotional states, total terror and quiet overwhelming yearning, is what is pulling the glue apart in the first place.

Because it is !

Many are not aware of our low percentage of mothers who breastfeed. Many of our babies are not making it past 1 and our mothers are not making it off the hospital beds.

Let us be aware and create a shift. Stand in solidarity with your sisters.

Post your breastfeeding pics and share the tag or check out the hashtag and encourage those who are . I am because we are.

(Support and check out some Black breastfeeding pages: Black Women Do Breastfeed Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association - Black Breastfeeding Week)



(📷: Jade Beall Photographyy | diaper:Sunshine Fabric and Designss)

This right here..this is some grade A bu****it!

Long Story Short: I had some growth scans in my 3rd trimester and they estimated that my baby would be large. One of the OBs in my practice suggested a csection which I declined. On April 1st I delivered my beautiful baby boy at 9lb 15oz naturally with no meds. Both he and I are perfectly healthy. But, here is the letter I got from the OB office.

Your Pregnancy Week by Week: 26 Weeks - http://www.givingbirthwithconfidence.org/p/bl/et/blogid=16&blogaid=1249

Lamaze for Parents : Blogs : Your Pregnancy Week by Week: 26 Weeks The following information -- and much more -- can also be found in the free weekly email "Lamaze Pregnancy Week by Week." Sign up now to receive helpful information for your stage of pregnancy. Subscribers will be given the opportunity to complete a Lamaze Parent Satisfaction Survey and receive a La…

http://www.givingbirthwithconfidence.org/p/bl/et/blogid=16&blogaid=1251

Lamaze for Parents : Blogs : When You're Pregnant and Your Friends Aren't: Tips for Making the... "You're pregnant! Yay!" Or, maybe, "You're pregnant?! Whoa." Whether your pregnancy was intentional or not, if you become pregnant and are the only or few among your social circle to be pregnant, the transition can be difficult. The value and support from friendships is often a huge component of our…

Your Pregnancy Week by Week: 25 Weeks - http://www.givingbirthwithconfidence.org/p/bl/et/blogid=16&blogaid=1245

Lamaze for Parents : Blogs : Your Pregnancy Week by Week: 25 Weeks The following information -- and much more -- can also be found in the free weekly email "Lamaze Pregnancy Week by Week." Sign up now to receive helpful information for your stage of pregnancy. Subscribers will be given the opportunity to complete a Lamaze Parent Satisfaction Survey and receive a La…

World Health Organization: Provide Cesareans for Women in Need, Don’t Focus on Specific Rate - http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/cesarean_awareness_who-report/

Science & Sensibility » World Health Organization: Provide Cesareans for Women in Need, Don’t... World Health Organization: Provide Cesareans for Women in Need, Don't Focus on Specific Rate

Celebrating the Life of Childbirth Choices Champion Sheila Kitzinger - http://www.givingbirthwithconfidence.org/p/bl/et/blogid=16&blogaid=1260

Lamaze for Parents : Blogs : Celebrating the Life of Childbirth Choices Champion Sheila Kitzinger Yesterday, the world lost a beautiful, bold, and trailblazing expert in and champion for women's choices and freedom in childbirth. Renowned author and women's rights advocate, Sheila Kitzinger, died in her home in England yesterday after a short illness. She was attended by her husband of 63 years,…

Pinter & Martin on Twitter “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sheila Kitzinger. http://t.co/p4cFdvAUWN”

http://www.improvingbirth.org/2014/08/vid/

As difficult as it is to remember and revisit past trauma, our collective silence is what allows that abuse to happen again to someone else.

In the summer of 2014, ImprovingBirth.org began breaking the silence on abuse and trauma in maternity care. We asked YOU to share your experiences, to help spur change.

We are also providing information and resources for trauma and how to file a complaint for mistreatment in childbirth, and sharing the video stories of several brave women who have fought to have their voices heard. (See here: http://improvingbirth.org/trauma-toolkit and http://improvingbirth.org/complaint-toolkit)

**For guidelines and details on how to participate in the photo campaign: http://improvingbirth.org/rally-to-improve-birth/photo-submissions

Birthing While Black: An Experience I'll Never Forget There are a ton of things I'll never forget about the first time I gave birth. What I most remember? That the hospital and workers where I had my first daughter sullied what should have been one of the most amazing days of my life....