Posts by fairydoula

Quote: Originally Posted by Reha I have a friend who is an AAMI student in California, became a CPM (through the NARM PEP), and is doing the CA Challenge process....she may be done, I'm not sure.... It IS expensive...

go to www.oregonmidwiferycouncil.org There are a bunch of midwives in Portland and surrounding areas. Hopefully, by contacting some of them, they may know someone who supports your area, or perhaps one of them does! Good luck!! - Jen

yay for getting an appointment! I'm so sorry you have had such trouble and now have such a taxing journey ahead! I hope things smooth out for you soon! It's interesting to note that we still have a long way towards good access to good...

How lovely that your mind body connection was so gracious as to allow your perfect timing for labor while kids slept! That is a beautiful story! I've seen similar things, and as we know, natural labors more often come at night, or at...

man, I feel totally left out! I have nothing to show! I'm 11 weeks and the only difference is that my pants are snug, where they were loose before. I'm about the same weight, although I gained like 4 lbs right away, I haven't gained...

http://www.katiecnm.com/ you could start here and ask about other midwives in the area who do homebirth. hth. - Jen

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexisT In 2004, 7.9% of US births were attended by a midwife. The true figure may be a little bit higher because illegally-attended births may not be correctly reported. In 2008, ACNM...

Quote: Originally Posted by babymango We planned for a birth in a free standing birthing center last time, but we ended up being transfered to the hospital. I think this was mostly because my midwife was intimidated by...

You poor thing! I used to get a lot of UTI's too. I cut out a lot of sugar and corn syrup and hfcs out of my diet and added a lot more fresh fruit and veggies. I also usually take 3 or more dried cranberry caps a day, as a preventative....

How experienced is your midwife? Having strong abdominals can mean that you don't show for months and months, but if she was doing a bimanual exam, which means two fingers inside the vagina, and pressing down on the uterus with the...