"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 inspire, inform and support women birthing their Inner Wisdom.

VISION
Envisioning a world where babies are conceived in a conscious loving way, where women birth in their 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.

The Peaceful Birth Project Mom's Circle 
Inspiration and Information to Birth and Parent Gently

Our Mom's Circle meets every Wednesday. We provide a safe and nurturing environment for moms to share their wisdom about pregnancy, labor and birth, breastfeeding, postpartum, babywearing, gentle parenting, nutrition, diapering options and more.

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Birth InThe 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.

Authors' conclusions: "All women should be offered midwife-led models of care and women should be encouraged to ask for this option."

 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.”
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