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Please, pardon any cross posting...but not everyone is one every

single list!

 

Just a thought for those of us who have video'd our own

births... If anyone would like to send a copy of their birth, I'd be

happy to compile them onto a DVD or CD. You'd have your birth along

with anyone else who wanted to share. I'm going to put my sons

transfer from BC to hospital on, my daughters would be on, but my

father actually erased it... yeah...her natural, BC birth, erased...I

could beat him.

 

I'm posting this to other sites too...Even if only 6 women are

willing

to share their births...that's still 6 births to educate with and

witness. As of right now there should be enough births for one

disk. If anyone

 

would like to share stills/slideshow of a birth that is welcome

also. If you'd

 

like to send an email of your written birthstory with it...please

do. If you'd be

 

able to 'interview' your partner/children who attended to get their

reactions...

 

As a father/partner... how do you think having a

doula/midwife/uc/homebirth

 

helped/would have helped? is there anything you wish you'd known,

would have been

 

told/shared with? wish you'd done?

 

And the kids...what was their thoughts? what did they love/hate?...

 

Every kind of birth is welcome...from a c-section to a UC/freebirth

from

 

natural/very hands off to high intervention/technology.

 

Also, if you've some great hint, tip, recipe for pregnancy, birth,

pp,

 

breastfeeding...please, add it or just send it. We all have so much

to learn and

 

share...let us share with one another what we've learnt on our birth,

doula'ing,

 

ece,lactation consultants, momma and midwifery journeys...Stories of

miscarriage

 

or still birth are quite welcome. I'll be adding my own

miscarriage 'birth'

 

story. (I have had 5 miscarriages). I really would love for all of

us to share

 

our knowledge.

 

Remember, this is for doulas, ece, midwives, anyone who is interested

in the birth

 

process. Someone said you need to have waivers signed for anyone in

your video,

 

so if you can, get people to sign those. I don't know why you'd need

one...if

 

someone disagreed I'm sure they would have said something while you

were filming

 

them..but, I'm no lawyer. We're just sharing family pic's, help &

advice here!

 

So...that's up to you.

 

If you've a long one (labor/birth), I will probally edit/shorten time

when it's

 

the same position/pushing/labor... Please, send along with the info

what the baby

 

weighed, how long s/he was, etc. If you'd like to include baby's

name & birthdate

 

that would be great too.

 

Also, other people will see these...men, women and possibly

children. If you are

 

not comfortable with others seeing this...please don't send it to

add.

 

On a side note...if anyone wants their birth copied to dvd from tape

and not be on

 

the disk I'll do that too. I've expressed interest in and I've been

asked to

 

become the OSD coordinator for Ohio, but OSD coordinators have to be

Cappa

 

certified. If you'd like to send a donation to help me pay for the

certification

 

I'd be happy to copy them for you. Just make sure it's obvious that

this birth is

 

not for the public.

 

I'm no whiz, but I can burn a mean cd. There would be no charge for

it...jut pay your own mail fees. If you want a video, but don't want

to share or unable to share your own birth you'd have to pay for your

own cd/dvd

 

and shipping, but...what would it be? 5 bucks? Oh, and promise to

never charge

 

someone or sell the videos. Also, you'd have to say thank you to

those who would

contribute their birth with some kind of e-card.

 

If you're interested...email me and I'll send you directions and such.

 

 

Honey

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