http://www.natural-homebirth.com Anthroposophical and natural approach to Home birth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:46:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, one of the things I have been up to lately is haptonomy training. I worked my way into getting accepted, which I was delighted of. I found myself in a group of close to forty students, a majority of them being midwives. The first year is a generic induction to ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2009/06/30/first-impressions-on-a-haptonomy-course/ Wow... I believe it's been over a year since I haven't posted... I have been busy alright, and some of the activities I've been undertaking will reflect here in the next few weeks. I intend to get back to posting and introduce what really makes my approach to birthing anthroposophical, ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2009/06/11/and-back-again/ Humid heat, as in a hot compress or hot-pack, has the fantastic property to ease pain. It's simple, easy, cheap and works for most women. All you need is a big bowl of very hot water and thick pieces of linen. Dunk one of them into the water , wring it ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2008/04/23/the-natural-epidural-hot-compresses/ I haven't updated this blog in a while due to personal issues. I'm actually thinking about relocating to New Zealand. This country, besides being most probably the closest thing to paradise on earth, has a very interesting approach to medical welfare and a wide acceptance to natural therapies. If like ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2008/04/20/natural-and-anthroposophical-births-in-new-zealand/ WARNING: this article contains pictures and graphical photos of a birth, labor and delivery. You may be chocked by their explicit nature. This new set of homebirth photos shows us that breech babies can be homebirthed too if the necessary precautions are taken. I believe no further commentary is needed as the ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2008/01/24/pictures-of-homebirth-of-a-breech-baby/ Haptonomy is the science of touching and feeling, defining how we deal with ourselves, the others, and the world that surrounds us. Haptonomy was founded by Dutch researcher F. Veldman, these days residing and working in France, where resides the only school for the different Haptonomy therapies: Haptopsychotherapy, Pre-and Postnatal ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2008/01/19/haptonomy-the-science-of-affection-or-affectivity/ I've recently purchased a Nokia e65 for a number of reasons, mainly to help me keep organized and synched with my professional calendar, and have a GPS / satellite navigation and a phone in an all-in-one tool. It really does the job and is small enough to let himself be ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2008/01/10/nokia-e65-pregnancy-theme-symbian-60-3rd-edition/ Birth stools are probably one of the essentials of home birth specialized midwife. You may have seen some kind of urinal like low chairs in old pictures of traditional births, or commonly used in Africa still nowadays. These birthing chairs are called birth stools or birthing stools.    Birth stools help ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2008/01/05/birthing-stools/ Enemas are currently vastly used in hospital care to avoid fecal detritus from interfering with delivery. They are done mainly for hospital staff comfort more than for the mother and the baby, and use chemicals with the nasty effect of mother dehydration.  And what the mother needs most once at ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2007/12/31/enema-for-pain-relief-during-pregnancy-and-childbirth/   You can imagine that being involved in natural birth and midwifery I can only be a fervent defender of breastfeeding. There are many good websites and books out there relating all the benefits of breastfeeding, so I won't go through them extensively.Let's just not forget that colostrum -the very ... http://www.natural-homebirth.com/2007/11/25/breastfeeding-until-what-age-and-what-about-waking-up-at-nights/