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		<title>Benefits of having a baby at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a baby is the one of the most precious moments for a woman.The joys of bringing in a new life into the world is like none other.Even though it has a lot of pain associated with it, the majority of women will believe it is worth it.  As a San Diego midwife I would like to share with you a method that you might not be aware of.  It is called waterbirth. Waterbirth has been called probably of all the methods of delivery the gentlest.  It requires the use of a heatedwater bath or a pool.You will find some women will use during the labor the water part.They will do it because heated water is actually a good pain reliever.It is relaxing to the tissues. Other women also use it to deliver the baby.  They stay in the water all the way through delivery.  Even all the way through delivering the placenta. The whole procedure is usually overseen by a person called a midwife.  If you are in San Diego there are plenty of midwives San Diego.You will want one that is very experienced.  Why do some women choose this procedure over the hospital? As described earlier, delivery and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring a Midwife safety tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pregnancy, what a special time for women.  Well, I guess aside from the sickness.But beyond that, the thought of a new baby arriving is exciting. Usually, for women in general, the question of how you are going to have the baby isn&#8217;t that big.  Because most women will go the standard route of a medical procedure involving hospitals, drugs, and doctors. But for some women, an alternative is available.  That alternative is hiring a midwife and doing it the natural way.  And it is that alternative I am going to share from my experience as a San Diego midwife. For those unfamiliar, midwives help women go through a natural delivery with no drugs.This usually means no doctors. Often times midwives in San Diego perform these services at homes.Although, maybe unusualy for most people, this alternative way to deliver a baby is safe and regulated. The women, or midwife, who performs this service is fully regulated.They can be licensed midwives or certified midwives that have a regulatory board that oversees them.  Sometimes they can be nurse midwives, but that is not a requirement.  This form of delivery is an option a lot of women choose and includes waterbirth in San Diego. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Have a Joyous Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the effects that is sad due to our modern day and time in medicine is labor and delivery are pretty much medical procedures. That may sound strange because most people consider delivery to be a medical event.But that is the big problem.It isn&#8217;t a medical event.It is an event that it is possible to keep it natural and private through alternate methods.  Women should be made aware that there are alternatives. I would like to present one of those main alternatives from the perspective of a San Diego midwife. That main alternative is having a homebirth midwife to assist you in your delivery.  This practice is known as midwifery and there are plenty of midwives San Diego. As cesareans and induction rates soar in hospitals, it has turned the joyous event of a delivery into an negative experience. That is one of the primary reasons for the surge in women asking for more natural deliveries through a certified or licensed midwife. Birth and the delivery shouldn&#8217;t necessarily include drugs, invasive procedures, private areas constantly being probled, etc.   It can be done safely and effectively in a home environment through that homebirth method or even a waterbirth San Diego [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Would Use a Midwife for Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pregnancy and the act of labor and delivery, although joyful, also a source of pain.Obviously there is joy because of the newborn baby, but any woman will tell you, it was a source of unspeakable pain. Well because of the pain that woman go through, there are two different schools of thought on how labor and delivery should happen.  I am going to offer some perspective on one particular school of thought that I have gained first hand experience with by being a homebirth midwife San Diego. There is the medical model for delivery which is associated with drugs to kill the pain, and sometimes cesarean to complete the delivery. While there is another model, which though not widely accepted, for those who believe in it and have experience it consider it much safer and natural for the woman. That model is called the midwifery model.That model is the exact opposite of the medical model which is usually used.Where you have the medical model which depends a lot on medicine, midwifery prefers to rely on the natural.  Midwifery believes that pregnancy and delivery is a natural process and thus should be allowed to happen naturally. This model is carried out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of a Homebirth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having your child in the home? Who would even think of such a thing?  Didn&#8217;t that only happen back in the early days of our country when doctor&#8217;s had to go out to the prairie and deliver babies? Not quite.  There is a growing group of women who realize the benefits of a homebirth and having your baby at home. This practice of having your baby at home is called midwifery.  Although they are usually not doctors or nurses, people who are in this profession are professionally regulated.  I myself have seen the steady rise of homebirths through my practice as a San Diego certified midwife. The people, generally women, who perform this line of work are called homebirth midwives.  Midwives is the term most people are familiar with and means a person who helps during childbirth by providing support of the labor and delivery. Now a midwife is usually not a nurse or doctor because in general a midwife generally believes that pregnancy and births are natural events and should be allowed to proceed naturally without drugs.  This is contrasted with the medical model which believes that pregnancy and delivery should be accompanied by medicine to assist and improve [...]]]></description>
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