Poetic words of courage
Some people have a gift for putting words together in amazing ways–they are called Poets, of course. I’m going to see the new film about South Africa and was curious to find the title poem for the...
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Letting Children Choose Their Food
This cartoon is by an unschooling dad, Arun, who has a great blog.
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Unnecessareans
Baby's dark, wet hair is visible as the uterus has been opened A cesarean is major abdominal surgery. One obstetrician made the following observation about the risk: of this operation: “’If one went to...
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Support for taking your WizIq classes
What a fun idea! One of my FB friends sent me this image of Ryan Gosling. Thanks to whomever made it! I got a lot of laughs in class when I put it up on the whiteboard. Gloria
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Epidural? Just say “no”
An elephant doesn’t request an epidural to provide pain relief during birth. When women get full informed consent, they don’t want one either. Source: dancingforbirth.com via Gloria on Pinterest
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1984: Midwifery in Vancouver BC
Midwife Gail circa 1984 I saw this photo on Flickr by photographer, Mark Laforet. His description is: “This is part of a series I took of Midwife Gail in her home office published in a book called:...
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Behold the Lilies of the Field
This is something that I posted to Facebook for a 9 day period while I enjoyed this bouquet and thought about how birthing women bloom when the time is right. I promised a long time ago to make the...
View ArticleDilation in Nature
You’ll want to view this in full screen. Post by Osvaldo Morcillo Marin.
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Placenta Bowl, a family tradition
Lightened photo shows detail on the underside of the bowl. Copyright Gloria Lemay 2014 The birth of a baby is a time to really consider what family traditions should be kept and what family traditions...
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