“Birthing Sisters: Our Community Doula Monthly Gathering 12/9/09″ by Sharon Gonsalves
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“Birthing Sisters: Our Community Doula Monthly Gathering 12/9/09″ by Sharon Gonsalves
The Sacred Birthing Community Doulas meet monthly as a way to support each other in our work and continue to learn and grow. We met last night and shared several birth stories. I see very clearly how our presence is making a difference, not only on Kauai, but anywhere we go.
Eight of the women from [...]
“Becoming a Sacred Birthing Community Doula: My First Birth” by Sharon Gonsalvez
My name is Sharon Gonsalves and I attended the Sacred Birthing Foundation’s Doula Training Program from January through April 2009. Barbara Essman was the lead instructor and author/founder/midwife Sunni Karll was very instrumental in delivering the training. There were about 10 women in the class and I learned so much from each one. Many had [...]
December 8, 2009 | Tags: barbara, Birth, birthing, doula, essman, first, gonsalvez, hospital, Karll, labor, sacred, sharon, Sunni, transition | Comments (0)“Ginger & Lilly Dawn’s Birth Experience” by Ronda Rice
11/2/09 Tonight Ginger noticed a lot more moisture coming from her vagina, wetting her pants. After needing to change her clothes twice, she put on a pad. On the toilet, she saw some tan-ish mucous. She also felt some new discomfort in her lower back and pelvis. It didn’t take us too long to clue [...]
November 22, 2009 | Tags: baby, Birth, birth center, collin, dawn, doula, family, ginger, insurance, lilly, medical, midwife, natural, newborn, rice, ronda, story | Comments (6)
