Posts by phathui5

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For us, it needs to look good on a business card and it needs to be easy for people to pronounce. 

Hm, I learned about midwives in high school history class and was pleased to learn that they were still around when I was pregnant with my oldest. At the time, I did not know that there were still midwives doing home births, so I used...

I don't live in Maryland anymore, but I wanted to add that I have been allowed in the OR as a doula/midwife both in New York and Oregon.

Quote: Originally Posted by fairydoula  Are you a midwife now, phathui5? I am asking, because you seem uninformed. And I'm concerned because  you don't seem to understand basic physiology. The risk when a...

I am comfortable with direct-entry midwives and have used them myself.   With any midwife, I would ask about her education and experience. Education varies and experience can vary widely, whether we're talking about DEMs,...

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I'm comfortable with it when they're sleeping up through toddlerhood, at which point we've moved them in with the older children. We are pretty quiet about it when we're in the room with the baby, so as not to wake him up and...

Dr. Hale (of the book Medications and Mother's Milk) says that any type of hormonal birth control will decrease your milk supply.   Here is an article about increasing milk...