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childbirth

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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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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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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March 27-29: Controversies in Childbirth

March 23, 2009

What’s going on behind the scenes in childbirth today? It’s chaos back there, and many providers are considering whether or not it’s feasible to continue to deliver babies — and under what circumstances.

Trial lawyers are attempting to make every birth injury a case of negligence and neglect, to the public detriment. But if parents don’t [...]

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Hold out for a birth provider who supports your birth plan

September 22, 2008

When members of a local AP e-list began debating how to tiptoe through a hospital’s birth system to get the birth experience they wanted, Homebirth Association of North Dallas’ Laura King stepped in with an experienced perspective. A seasoned doula and childbirth educator, Laura encourages mothers to take advantage of the many birth resources we [...]

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Orgasmic Birth comes to Dallas

August 19, 2008

Witness the emotional, spiritual and physical peaks of birth at this weekend’s screening of Orgasmic Birth at Dallas Market Center. Orgasmic Birth reveals that birth is something a woman can enjoy, rather than endure. The film intersperses expert commentary with stunning moments of women in the ecstatic release of childbirth.
Pioneering filmmaker and doula trainer [...]

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