The Peaceful Birth Project...
Peace on Earth Begins with Birth
"Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength." -Barbara Katz Rothman
MISSION
To inform, support and inspire women birthing their inner wisdom.
VISION
I envision a world where babies are conceived in a conscious loving way, where women birth with power and surrounded by love, where babies are born gently and mothers are cared for in a way that enables them to be the best moms they can be.
Welcome to The Peaceful Birth Project, a place for people who are passionate about creating peaceful, conscious birthing and parenting experiences. Our lives are filled with moments to practice mindfulness, to be completely present and non-judgmental. In the middle of whatever is going on, if we can stop, breathe and bring presence to the moment as it is, to ourselves as we are, then we can act with wisdom and compassion. Our life IS our practice and we birth the way we live. Postpartum Depression
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Nutritional Supplementation for Pregnant Women
Birth In The News
The Birth Survey: Consumer Reports for Birth
for Moms
for Birth Professionals
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Pass the Popcorn
Debunking Postpartum Myths
New at the Labor of Love
Recomendaciones de la OMS del Parto Humanizado
Spanish World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendations
Natural Born Babies Part 1 of 2
Natural Born Babies Part 2 of 2
Birth In
The News
CDC Births: Preliminary Data for 2007(PDF)
Look on Page 19, table 14 for the cesarean rates
USA 31.8
PR 49.2
NJ 38.3
FL 37.2
Cesarean Birth in a Culture of Fear (PDF)
Saving the Lives of Mothers and Newborns
Save the Children Report (PDF)
See page 37 for info on the USA
Listen to
BIRTH: A one-hour radio documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.
Take the Consumer Reports Back to Basics for Safer Childbirth QUIZ!
The Cochrane Review new study on Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women.
Would you like to avoid an "Unnecesarean"?One in three babies is brought into the world by surgery.
Unnecesarean.com has loads of information inspiring birth stories. The first step in cesarean trauma prevention is to be an educated consumer.
Patience After Stalled Labor Advice
“One-third of all first-time cesareans are performed due to active-phase arrest during labor, which contributes to approximately 400,000 surgical births per year,” “In our study, we found that just by being patient, one-third of those women could have avoided the more dangerous and costly surgical approach.”
Medwirenews
Postpartum
Depression
Podcast: University of Connecticut researcher Cheryl Beck discusses how to recognize symptoms of postpartum disorder and what help is available. - PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST IF YOU KNOW ANY PREGNANT WOMAN
800.944.4PPD (4773) - PSI’s toll-free Postpartum Depression HelpLine, in English and Spanish
Postpartum Depression: Self-Assessment (print a PDF here)
Take this self-assessment quiz to find out if you need additional help.
ESSENTIAL DAILY NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN Good nutrition is a fundamental part of a healthy life-style. It is essential if you are planning to become pregnant. If you need more information regarding the right foods and proper amounts for a healthy pregnancy check TheBlueRibbonBaby.org site. The BlueRibbonBaby.org site is an online archive of Dr. Brewer’s lifetime work. There is a check list for each Plan: Basic, Lacto-Ovo and Vegan, plus a supplemental list for Multiples.
Shop HERE for the supplements I use and recommend.
Both the mother and father to be need to be healthy to provide strong genetic material for the child-to-be and a healthy womb to grow into.
FOOD RECOMMENDATIONS
Organic foods are best for you and your baby. The average American takes in nearly a gallon of pesticides per year by eating conventionally grown fruits and vegetables.
300 different chemicals are sprayed on 95% of the crops in the United States every year.
Dr. Thomas Brewer advocated a simple regimen of good nutrition to prevent and in some cases even reverse a host of common complications of pregnancy, including toxemia, low birth weight, prematurity, and preterm labor.
His prescription is so simple it has been largely ignored and even suppressed by the modern medical community, but has been proven time and again, over literally centuries of recorded medical history, and fifty-plus years of scientific research.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
For best results make sure your supplements
Download a chart of the most important nutrients for you and your baby, benefits, up to date optimal doses and the best food sources.
Road Map to Womb Parenting - Nutrition is one aspect of conscious parenting, in this PDF you'll find a checklist to help you assess your physical, mental and spiritual needs for successful Womb Parenting (early parenting). It also addresses the health of the baby's father.
**This information is for educational purposes only. Check with your midwife or doctor before adding supplements to your diet.
UNDISTURBED BIRTH
Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD, is a medical anthropologist specializing in the anthropology of reproduction. She is a senior research fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage, and lead editor of 10 collections, including Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-cultural Perspectives (1997), Mainstreaming Midwives (2006), and Birth Models That Work (2009).
The Birth Survey
Consumer Reports for Birth
SHARE CONNECT LEARN
Have you given birth in the last three years?
Your experience matters!
The Birth Survey is a FREE, ANONYMOUS on-going online consumer survey that asks women to provide feedback about their birth experiences.
Families choosing where and with whom to birth can utilize this consumer feedback, along with data on hospital and birth center intervention rates and practices,
to make informed health care choices.
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) developed http://www.thebirthsurvey.com/
a consumer feedback website.
ARE YOU A BIRTH PROFESSIONAL?
Become a Transparency in Maternity Care Project Ambassador. You can begin by sharing this information on your website.
If you want to learn more go to TheBirthSurvey.com
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