http://naturalbirthplan.com Empowering Your Birth Sat, 08 May 2010 11:36:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hope you are loving my breastfeeding series as I am really enjoying writing it.  If you need more specific advice please email me and I will be happy to answer any questions.  Knowledge is power, the more you ask the more you will be able to build a foundation ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/breastfeeding-what-to-expect-on-days-3-5/ Hello and welcome to day 2.  The second 24hours is again a time of breastfeeding and rest.  You don't need to do anything else, you will be breastfeeding day and night giving your baby about 8-12 feeds in a 24 hour period.  Try not to worry too much about lack ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/breastfeeding-what-to-expect-on-the-second-day/ Hello World, What an amazing picture above!  It is of a Breastfeeding Tent in Haiti, this tent has been set up as a safe haven for women to breastfeed, recieve education on breastfeeding and emotional support. Can you believe that a rumour was spread around that a mothers milk goes "bad" if ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/haiti-baby-tents-for-breastfeeding/ So you have had your baby and the birth is over - now what? Well, the best thing you can do is rest and breastfeed, sounds easy doesn't it?  That is because it is if you give yourself a chance. This blog is about the first 24 hours after birth.  I will ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/breastfeeding-what-to-expect-in-the-first-24-hours/ Hello pregnant women and enthusiastic men, welcome to the wonderful world of birth!  I love chatting about birth and I am passionate about women normalising birth and believing in their body.  What amazing, fantastic bodies women have! In today’s post I would love to give you the best tools that I ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/natural-birth-%e2%80%93-stages-and-coping-strategies/ I wanted to give you a quick reference resource to help you plan for your birth.  This list will help keep you organised and also make you aware of some of the most important things you must know before you have your baby.  I have broken it up into 3 ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/natural-birth-planning-%e2%80%93-quick-tips-to-prepare-for-your-birth/ Natural birth in Hospital - Is it possible?  Yes!  Women all over the world birth naturally wherever they are living.  It could be a straw hut, a stream, a mansion, a castle and yes a hospital. It is not about the where you birth it is about how prepared you are ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/natural-birth-in-hospital-is-it-possible/ In the news recently there is a lot about planning for your birth, writing birth plans and following them.  The news is not good, what people are basically saying is, why plan, if you cannot control what is going to happen anyway.   What I say to these people is try writing ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/plan-for-your-birth/ Today I wanted to bring to your attention the wonderful Natural Birth of Heidi Klum!  It was reported that she birthed a baby girl named Lou Samuel in the early hours of Friday morning.  Heidi had a very quick birth and kept it completely natural.......what a ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/heidi-klum-and-natural-childbirth/ Birth Matters Virginia ran a contest, women and their families had to send in videos about birth and birthing matters.  It was judged by Dr Sarah Buckley who is internationally acclaimed author of Gentle Birth Choices and Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein from The Business of Being Born. First prize was ... http://naturalbirthplan.com/birth-matters-video-winner/