Birth

Born to birth. Trust your team. One at a time.  That’s the mantra that slipped onto the page while emailing a client recently. And it applies to every part of labor. Labor is not meant to be a medical event. It’s not meant to be a solo event. And, unlike the marathons that labor is often compared…

The topic of interventions–during labor and at birth–can be controversial. Everyone has an opinion to share, and as an expecting mom those opinions can be overwhelming. It can often be the case that questions rather than answers arise when hearing the past stories of laboring women. The neighbor down the street just had a drug-free,…

So imagine this… Today’s the day you give birth. You have spent the last 9 months planning for today and it’s finally here. Yay! Except then you remember you haven’t done this before, or it has been a while since your last child was born. And lots of thoughts and questions start going through your head……

When you stub your toe – what do you do?  Stare at it and think (insert deadpan voice) “Ouch, I stubbed by toe.”?  Or what if you slam your finger in a door? Or have some other type of  acute pain…imagine it….  What do you do?  Usual reactions are to potentially let out some choices…

It’s not your Ma’s Lamaze! For years (mostly around the time when many of our mothers were giving birth), Lamaze childbirth education became widely known as a ‘method’ for birth, teaching a breathing and coping style that came to be known by its name. Lamaze today is a ‘philosophy’ of birth, founded on 6 Healthy…

I was reminded yesterday of two very important things related to my work as a doula: community and passion. Core elements to why we do what we do, and what I find to be the foundation of what keeps me going. As we close  out World Doula Week for 2016, I’m inviting you to celebrate…

Please join us for our official Grand Opening at Beautiful Birth Choices! Tuesday, March 15th, 4:00  to 8:00 PM 681 Winton Rd North Rochester, NY 14609 After many years of work in the community, and many months of hard work pulling it all together, we’ve landed in our new BBC Home at 681 Winton Road North.  Please…

“If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any.” “If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any.” (Korte) One of our favorite quotes at BBC, and exactly where our name came from.  Knowing your choices is key.  Key to support, key to using your voice, key to walking towards the kind of…