head: 10.8 cm weight: 6 lbs 10 oz time: 3:36 a.m. location: bathtub at homedoula: Brenda midwife: Janelle loving partner: Gregory My last day pregnant was one that I’ll never forget. Most people I talked to told me that first
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At my last client’s birth, I was very mindful of all I had learned with Whapio of the Matrona. I was working hard to hold space for my client, aware that she wanted to have the most natural birth she
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You feel a “cramp” and you wonder if this is the time to have your baby. What emotions start coursing through you? Woman who feel they are in early labor are often either excited or start to experience fears. At