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Navelgazing Midwife

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Url:http://www.navelgazingmidwife.squarespace.com
Author(s):Barbara Herrera
Language:English
Tags:birth, midwife, natural birth
Description:My introspective thoughts about birth, midwifery, nursing, natural birth, homebirth, waterbirth and more. I also include as many photos I have taken as the families will allow me to share.
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More Teachable Pics
I continue finding pics to scan, so will put them up as I find them. Here is a photo of a velamentous insertion of the umbilical cord. This is when the vessels of the cord imbed into the chorion an...more
2009-12-24
Let's Read This Kids' Book Together
                    
2009-12-23
cyber-Ask a Midwife (my new venture)
I do a lot of email counseling. I spend a great deal of time talking with moms about their pregnancies, deliveries and babies. Watching this, someone suggested I charge for my services. (Sarah woul...more
2009-12-19
Additional Teachable Moments
The last post focused a lot on the placenta. Certainly, that is because the placenta is more tangible than, say, the effects of a posterior labor. But, I also believe the placenta is a powerful too...more
2009-12-15
Teachable Moments
Over the years, I've taken some really great pictures of a variety of situations (?) relating to birth and babies. When I'd snap the photos, those around me would look at me funny, asking what I wa...more
2009-12-14
A Teachable Moment
Over the years, I've taken some really great pictures of a variety of situations (?) relating to birth and babies. When I'd snap the photos, those around me would look at me funny, asking what I wa...more
2009-12-14
Birthing Fat: Insulin
Preface: This series of four articles/posts, combined, examine the issues surrounding obesity and pregnancy. As more and more women find themselves fitting into this designation, it begs to be disc...more
2009-11-27
Birthing Fat: Background
This series of three articles/posts, combined, examine the issues surrounding obesity and pregnancy. As more and more women find themselves fitting into this designation, it begs to be discussed. T...more
2009-11-22
Dr. Amy’s Comeuppance
I swore I would never write about that woman again. She is the most hateful, angry and irrational woman to ever argue against homebirth/natural birth/un-CNM midwifery.  However, in researching...more
2009-11-14
Denialism
Denialism is a new word to me. I didn’t have to Google it to figure out what it meant; that was easy. I deduced the word was defined as the act of denial, probably in the face of facts. When ...more
2009-11-12

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