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Author Archives: Georg'ann Cattelona
A Wish List for Our Chidlbirth Education Clients
I’ve been teaching childbirth education classes for BABS for about 20 years. Like most educators, I have a list of things that I hope our clients will get from the experience of taking class. We’re focusing on childbirth education this … Continue reading
Meeting Ina May
I confess, I can be a bit star struck. It is one of the reasons I go to conferences – to see and hear and maybe even meet the leaders in my field, the people who inspire me, the ones … Continue reading
Our Cesarean Birth/VBAC support group and why I love it
Dedicated to those women who have taught us all so much, especially the women who launched this group. We – BABS – offer a once-a-month Cesarean/VBAC support group. I am usually the one who facilitates the group. This support group … Continue reading
Posted in Birth Stories, Information and services, Labor and Delivery, Uncategorized
Tagged cesarean, labor and delivery, support, VBAC
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Breathe.
I am lying on the gurney in the ambulance. The door closes and my eyes are drawn back over to my crazy, broken left ankle, propped against my right leg. I am shaking like a leaf, unable in the moment … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Labor and Delivery
Tagged breathing for pain control, breathing in labor, breathing to relax
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Do I Really Need Childbirth Education Classes?
Disclaimer: At BABS, we teach childbirth education classes – but you knew that, right? And that I’m a Lamaze Certified childbirth educator. So here’s my disclaimer for what I am about to say. Yes, I am biased – biased in … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Education, Labor and Delivery, Pregnancy, Things To Do, Uncategorized
Tagged Bradley, childbirth class, childbirth education, hypnobirthing, Lamaze
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