Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey

April 1st, 2009

Annie over at PhD in Parenting wrote a post last week about the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey with some follow up questions. I’ve been reading others’ answers with interest and thought that I would add my own to the mix. The questions themselves are actually from Ann Douglas.

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Hospital Birth

March 4th, 2009

Gloria Lemay (a Vancouver birth attendant) posted this on her blog today and I thought I would share:

Are you a good candidate for a hospital birth?

Must not be scared of needles.

Must not be claustrophobic or uncomfortable in confined spaces.

Must be able to go for long periods of time [...]

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Meredith's Birth Story

September 30th, 2008

This is long, but I thought I would share it here.  I didn’t actually write it all out until Meredith was two months old so I wasn’t positive about some parts of it. Luckily, my doula wrote down a lot of it for me so I had some idea of a timeline. It’s insanely [...]

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