Today. on facebook a sweet mama posted this and it made my heart happy!
Reason #532 why I love my iphone: it saves texts for-ev-er. I just stumbled on the texts between my Doula Kathryn Anderson DiPalma and I were sending the night I was in labor with my Linky. It was such a sweet find and made this Momma cry.
He inquisitively ask the lady, “Why is your stomach so big?”
She replied, “I’m having a baby.”
… With big eyes, he asked, “Is the baby in your stomach?”
She said, “He sure is.”
Then the little boy, with a puzzled look, asked, “Is it a good baby?”
She said, “Oh, yes. It’s a real good baby.”
With an even more surprised and shocked look, he asked…
“Then why did you eat him?”
by Ana Paula Markel
Through national studies and surveys, we know that women who feel good about their birth experiences are not necessarily the ones who have give birth naturally. Women who feel good about their experience feel they are part of the decision making process. Women remember their birth with satisfaction when they feel they were heard, respected and validated. Now my question is, shouldn’t this be a basic human right? Why are not all women being treated with kindness and compassion?
by Ana Paula Markel
Through national studies and surveys, we know that women who feel good about their birth experiences are not necessarily the ones who have give birth naturally. Women who feel good about their experience feel they are part of the decision making process. Women remember their birth with satisfaction when they feel they were heard, respected and validated. Now my question is, shouldn’t this be a basic human right? Why are not all women being treated with kindness and compassion? Read more……
Have you seen the site,” I Heart Fresno“? Dominique and her partner, Cambria, are very fun gals. These 2 women interview, preview, and help to promote all things that have to do with Fresno. Many people may not even know where Fresno is, let alone all the wonderful things that we have to offer. Dominique and her husband, Chance (who is an amazing photographer in Fresno!!) recently gave birth to a precious, and incredibly handsome son.
On their website, I Heart Fresno, Dominque recently gave a shout out to the Home Birth community in Fresno. I appreciated her personal review of the services that she was able to use during her pregnancy, labor and birth. In the article she said: ” I also wanted to share with you the team of women I was working with throughout my pregnancy because they were all amazing. A shout out to my midwife, Jacque Moschella (she is a traditional midwife based here in the valley), Sarah Ellis (Doula and birth instructor), and Kathryn DiPalma (Doula and newborn class instructor).”
Go to their site, I Heart Fresno! You won’t be disappointed!
Wanting to pass on another great article mamas to read. I hear so many moms saying that they jumped right back into their everyday activities, while others struggle to get out of bed. This article makes sense to me, and I hope that it will to you too!
Women need a whole year to recover from childbirth despite the ‘fantasy’ image of celebrity mothers, study claims
Last updated at 4:59 PM on 17th February 2012
New mothers may be told that they will be back to ‘normal’ within six weeks of giving birth, but a new study has found that most women take much longer to recover.
Dr Julie Wray, of Salford University, interviewed women two to three weeks, three months and six to seven months after they had given birth to gain a unique insight into postnatal recovery.
She concluded that it takes a year to recover from childbirth. Her study also revealed significant dissatisfaction amongst new mothers with postnatal services
The new mothers Dr Wray spoke to said that the six week recovery time was a ‘fantasy’.
Many were disappointed by the six week check, which all mothers receive from either their midwife or their GP. Some did not receive a physical examination, and others were not told whether or not their bodies had recovered yet.
The psychological effects can also take much longer to recover from.
Dr Wray’s study found that hospital wards can have a negative impact on women’s ability to recoup and celebrate the birth of their child because of the constant stream of visitors and the unfamiliar rules and regulations.
Helping new mothers adapt to having a baby in the home has also changed a lot over the years.
In the past women were shown how to perform tasks such as baby bathing and were only discharged from hospital when they were ready.
Now women can go home as soon as six hours after childbirth and many feel they are just ‘left to get on with it’.
Dr Wray said: ‘The research shows that more realistic and woman-friendly postnatal services are needed.
‘Women feel that it takes much longer than six weeks to recover and they should be supported beyond the current six to eight weeks after birth.
‘However, government funding cuts and a national shortage of midwives means that postnatal services will only face further challenges. The midwifery profession must raise the status of postnatal care as any further erosion can only be bad for women and their children.’
The Royal College of Midwives welcomed the research.
Sue MacDonald, Head of Education and Research at the RCM told MailOnline: ‘We are very aware that the postnatal period has always been a bit of a fairy tale.
‘We are often not able to see women as much as we would like to. Community midwives may be able to help at home but not always, and mothers do not stay in hospital for very long after childbirth any more.
‘Women do suffer ill-health, which involves back ache and feeling tired. They could be seen as minor problems, but they are not minor for new mums.’
The physical recovery is, of course, just one side of the story. Women also need to make the psychological transition to being a mother – which is even tougher for those who were working before giving birth.
Many feel the pressure to get back on their feet soon after childbirth. And seeing celebrities like Amanda Holden looking fantastic just weeks after almost dying during childbirth must be ‘very, very frustrating’, MacDonald said.
She added that recent studies have shown that women will put up with a lot of discomfort after childbirth because they think that it is normal. The Royal College of Widwives is conducting its own studies to see how they can make sure that discomfort is not the norm.
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