Friends, I just received this email from Midwifery Today and Jan Tritten – her holiday message. It is beautiful. Please take a moment and read it. And then, let us each wonder: How can we make a difference in this world of birth – this subject so sacred to our very beings? Her words say [...]
Archive for December, 2008
MamaTime! Personal Renewal Group
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bellingham moms groups, bellinghamdoula, Life Song Perinatal Services, mama time, MamaTime, Mary Burgess, mother self care, mothers circles, personal renewal group, renee trudeau, the mother's guide to self-renewal on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mama Time! Self-Renewal Mother’s Circle is a group of women, who gather together one morning per month to “fill their own cup” so that it might overflow to all those around them. Based on Renee Trudeau’s book, The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal (www.reneetrudeau.com), mamas all around the country are investing in themselves, where they have [...]
Vampires & Natural Labor Stimulation
Posted in Keeping Labor Normal, Uncategorized, tagged bellingham doula, doula, getting labor going, getting labor started, Ina May Gaskin, Life Song Perinatal Services, Mary Burgess, natural labor induction techniques, natural labor stimulation, prodromal labor, restarting a stopped labor, stephenie meyer, twilight, vampires on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this may be a bit of a stretch, but……..
It’s been well documented that “schmoozing it up” with your sweetheart tends to help labor along (you know, Ina May Gaskin said, The power that got the baby in there in the first place is the same power to get the baby out (or something to [...]
mother’s poem
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized, tagged bellingham doula, december poem, Life Song Perinatal Services, Mary Burgess, mother's poem, poetry for mothers, poetry for pregnancy on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
december – for mothers
early morning fog
chilly days
deciduous trees, stripped of their greenery, rest.
it is our sign
to do the same.
these silvery days
remind us to pull close,
spend quiet time
with family, friends,
and with ourselves, quietly
and honor our own breath.
simply breathing
in and out, in and out
in awareness
our heart slows
and our thoughts regain balance and perspective.
may you have peace this [...]
Birth Poem
Posted in Bellingham Birth Community, Birth Matters, Keeping Labor Normal, tagged Bellingham, birth, birth poem, birth poetry, birthing from within, chilbirth educator, doula, Mary Burgess, WA on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, 1 Dec, 2008
Connecting with N’s baby daughter
yet unborn, after 28 hours of labor…
Little one, I can feel your light,
from deep within your mama’s womb
I feel that you, too, are tired
ready for this journey to end.
But there! Your Spirit
little fireball!
So strong, indeed!
Willful, determined, bright little star!
You are already so much like your mama.
Come now – [...]
