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Flight attendants “delivered” Chinese baby born on plane
Media from all over the world have been writing about a baby born in midair, on a plane between Sichuan Province and Wuhan. Feng Yu, 23, and her husband boarded the plane after a doctor told her that her baby wouldn’t be born for another two weeks. Apparently, the woman passed security checks despite not being allowed to fly during the first trimester, because she was thin and wore heavy clothes. Now, here goes the story of the “brave” flight attendants who “delivered” this woman’s baby.
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Seven (weird) things you can do with a placenta
A baby’s placenta starts to form early on in pregnancy. Although hardly anyone gives this unique organ much thought, a properly functioning placenta is of extreme importance throughout most of pregnancy. Do you simply discard this fascinating organ after your baby is born… or are you going to do something (weird) with it? Here are seven things people have done with placentae. Care to join them?
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Do you have to be “crunchy” to have an unassisted homebirth?
Take a quick look at the unassisted birth online “community”, and it is all too easy to get the impression that families who decide to give birth at home without medical professionals also have many other things in common. They’re things that make you “crunchy”, or a hippie, if you like. Do you have to be a crunchy hippie to have an unassisted birth, though? Do all UC families eat vegetarian diets, knit their own socks, war tie-dye t-shirts, go to homeopathic doctors, and decide not to vaccinate their children? Of course not!
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Does the way we give birth determine how we parent?
When my babies were babies, it was clear to me that the way they entered the world laid the foundation for our relationship. My son was born at a time of many changes in my life. When he was born into my own two hands, with nobody present but his older sister, it was symbolic of a promise I made to my family: I am responsible for you, and I am here to do what it takes, no matter what the circumstances, to ensure your safety and happiness.
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Birth supplies for an unassisted homebirth
What supplies do you think you need for your planned unassisted homebirth? The list is different for every family, but many UC families use similar supplies. Here is the list of birth supplies I used when I gave birth to my son, as well as some I did not have, but in hindsight wish I did.
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Childbirth and feminism
Childbirth has a bad reputation. Many people, including women, and including women who have given birth, see labor and birth as a painful ordeal that may just be the most painful experience in a woman’s life. Women in labor are portrayed as hysterical, in pain, and afraid. Actors often hurl insults at their “husbands” during labor scenes, and are shown as nearly having lost their ability to think rationally.
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Olivia’s Top Five ways to question authority
Issa from LoveLiveGrow just had a great post on how to question authority. The answers she gave quite apparently related directly to her life experience, and her views were thoroughly thought-provoking. She called on others to add their own ways to question authority, but since critical thinking is a way of life for me, I thought that was best done here on Write About Birth.
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Home is where the school is
Have you noticed a theme on this blog? Homebirth, working from home… and now homeschooling. Over here, we really do like doing stuff at home. But of course, Write About Birth is a birth-themed blog and I don’t want to cross-contaminate it with too much info about other stuff we do at home, besides birthing. So, I started a new blog about homeschooling.
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Tips for labor coaches
Are you going to be coaching your partner, friend or relative through labor and birth? You may be excited, a bit scared, and wondering what it takes to be a good labor support person. Being a great labor coach means treating the laboring woman the same as you normally would; with respect. Apart from that, these are some tips for labor coaches.
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Where are you from?
“Where are you from?” is a question that people ask me and my children many times in only one day. Now that I have started speaking English to my kids full-time to build their comprehension and usage of the language, it is even worse. This constant query has made me question as well… Just where are you from?
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