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“What have I learned about myself and who I am as a mother because of you?

“I have realized that I set the intention of my birth with great planning and care. That is the kind of mother I am: lovingly intentional. But then I met the moments breath-by-breath in labor. I saw what was in front of me, and I made the best choice I knew to make in that moment. That is also the kind of mother I am: flexible and present. I have learned that when things do not go “my way,” I am a person who will find a way to make this way, the one that’s being lived, a passage of light and growth and transformation.”
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“What have I learned about myself and who I am as a mother because of you?

“I have realized that I set the intention of my birth with great planning and care. That is the kind of mother I am: lovingly intentional. But then I met the moments breath-by-breath in labor. I saw what was in front of me, and I made the best choice I knew to make in that moment. That is also the kind of mother I am: flexible and present. I have learned that when things do not go “my way,” I am a person who will find a way to make this way, the one that’s being lived, a passage of light and growth and transformation.”
from Agape Birth Doula Services https://ift.tt/2TbgRnd

FYI
If you are in need of baby gear…
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Birth trauma is something people rarely discuss or share much about, and I think because of that, most women don’t even know they experienced a traumatic birth themselves. Instead, women—including myself—are left to deal with so many conflicting, confusing feelings, thinking that something is wrong with us for feeling so upset about giving birth to, yes—a perfectly healthy baby.
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Birth trauma is something people rarely discuss or share much about, and I think because of that, most women don’t even know they experienced a traumatic birth themselves. Instead, women—including myself—are left to deal with so many conflicting, confusing feelings, thinking that something is wrong with us for feeling so upset about giving birth to, yes—a perfectly healthy baby.
from Agape Birth Doula Services https://ift.tt/2IzDopQ

‘According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, when parents practiced “Kangaroo Mother Care” with their premature babies, the little ones went on to perform better in school, register higher IQs and have preferable behavioral outcomes—even 20 years later.”
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“When you consider the biologically monumental task you are undertaking—growing a person inside of you and then pushing him or her out of a rather small opening in your body and into the world—the idea that you can really plan for how that will go seems a little bit of a, well, stretch.

“’A birth plan is a good place to start,’ says Brown. “You can say, ‘This is what we plan on, but we understand this is just a set of guidelines that may or may not be applicable once birthing begins.’” Then use it as a way to open up conversations with your providers before birth, so you can make sure they are supportive of your wishes and will work to help you achieve them.”
from Agape Birth Doula Services http://bit.ly/2EcivwD

Another round of good news for normalizing breastfeeding.
from Agape Birth Doula Services http://bit.ly/2MZBrl1