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Pregnancy & Birth

Seeking NEW Placenta Encapsulation Specialists in Dallas Fort Worth Texas for Training

November 14, 2009

Placenta Encapsulation is a new and rapidly growing postpartum care profession. Through the extensive efforts of Jodi Selander, founder of Placenta Benefits.info (PBi), and her network of Placenta Encapsulation Specialist throughout the United States placenta encapsulation is becoming a well known and highly sought after postpartum care service. First looked at as an on-the-fringe trend, [...]

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Dallas Home Birth Group Meeting Nov. 17th

November 11, 2009

The Homebirth Association of North Dallas (HAND) will be holding their Dallas area monthly meeting on Tuesday November 17th. Certified Professional Midwife, Molly Germash, of Hearts Desire Midwifery, will be leading the meeting on the following topics:
What does an ideal birth team look like and how can we arrange it – for a hospital birth, [...]

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Home births safer than hospital births for low-risk pregnancies

September 2, 2009

From PhD in Parenting
Where is the safest place to give birth? If you are at a low risk of complications, then a midwife assisted home birth is your best bet according to a new Canadian study by Dr. Patrician Janssen from the University of British Columbia.
According to the CBC, the study found that the rate [...]

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Project Single Moms helping families in Dallas/Fort Worth

August 28, 2009

By LaToya S. Watkins, North Dallas Gazette
Since Project Single Moms DFW launched its supportive arms to the single parents of Dallas/Fort Worth in January of 2009, a membership count of 74 single parents has been reported to the North Dallas Gazette. The organization, founded by CEO and director Stephanie Clark, was put into place after [...]

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Are out-of-hospital births safe?

July 15, 2009

Is giving birth outside of a hospital inherently uncomfortable, inconvenient or even dangerous? Learn more about the safety and comfort of birth in a birth center or home, and meet other families who have had already had this experience or are exploring the options, at the mid-July meeting of the Homebirth Association of North Dallas [...]

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Massage discount for hot, sweaty mamas-to-be

July 9, 2009

Is the heat of midsummer wearing you down? “I feel for all expectant mommies out there,” says Fort Worth massage therapist Hannah Reasoner. That’s why she’s offering a special July discount for prenatal massage. Get a 60-minute prenatal massage, regularly $60, for only $40 during the month of July.
Prenatal massage is suitable for women from [...]

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Orgasmic Birth screening

July 7, 2009

Is childbirth inevitably wracked with pain, or can it be joyful … even orgasmic? Some experts and women think it can—and they made a movie about it. Orgasmic Birth is a fascinating documentary that follows 11 women in their physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of giving birth naturally. (Learn more about orgasmic birth—not the movie [...]

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Birth network in Tarrant County seeks birth professionals

June 12, 2009

This word just in from Fort Worth doula Hannah Reasoner on a new movement to support the future of natural childbirth in Tarrant County: a birth network similar to the one at BirthNetwork.org. The fledgling Birth Network of Tarrant County needs help getting started from local birth professionals. “We are planning a meeting for later [...]

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Chiropractic care for pregnant moms and newborns

May 15, 2009

Did you know that chiropractic care can ease normal discomforts of pregnancy and alleviate nursing and sleeping problems for newborns? Learn how this natural, non-invasive health care technique can help you and your baby from local chiropractor Dr. Kristi Corder at the next meeting of the Homebirth Association of North Dallas (HAND).
Chiropractic Care for Pregnancy [...]

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Conscious parenting for peace

April 3, 2009

Join other families at the Conscious Parenting for Peace Conference, part of The Global Peace Project’s Conscious Community Expo and Concert held Saturday, April 4 at Unity Church of Dallas. The free conference calls for nationwide and world wide unity and service and will offer a full day of speakers, events, ideas and activities.
A [...]

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