Thanks to everyone for your amazing contributions to our Ricki's Room message board. We are now EXPANDING and would love to continue these conversations within our new online community, My Best Birth. After making our documentary The Business of Being Born, and writing our book Your Best Birth, we felt the need was stronger than ever to create a community of pregnant women and moms who want to give their children the most optimum birth experience possible. My Best Birth is a place where you can educate yourself about all your birth options and connect with other moms and moms-to-be. You can share your birth story, post pictures and videos, consult with experts and join weekly discussions on all the hot topics related to childbirth and newborns. For your entertainment and education, we will be posting weekly interviews with celebrity moms about their births beginning with the fabulous women profiled in our new book: Cindy Crawford, Laila Ali, Melissa Joan Hart and Kellie Martin. But most of all, we are excited to launch My Best Birth as a place where women come together to support, educate and empower one another with no judgments. We can't wait to hear from you again. Please click here to join!
Abby & Ricki
www.mybestbirth.com
April 30th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Home Birth ⋅ 6 Comments »
My eyes were opened when I interned with a midwife during college and attended birth center and home births. I was very skeptical of it and thought all the ladies ...
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April 21st, 2009 Posted by Jennifer Block in Breastfeeding, Miscellaneous ⋅ 21 Comments »
Our friend Jennifer Block wrote this wonderful article for babble.com in response to the recent Atlantic Magazine's article, "The Case Against Breastfeeding."
The worldwide "Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative" is a ...
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April 20th, 2009 Posted by Eden G. Fromberg, DO, FACOOG, DABHM in Midwife Q & A ⋅ Comments »
Q: My daughter was born almost 8 years ago in a hospital. I had wanted a natural-as-possible birth but in the heat of the moment I consented pain relief and ...
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April 20th, 2009 Posted by Carolyn Havens Niemann, CNM, MSN in Midwife Q & A ⋅ Comments »
Q: I am currently breastfeeding my 9-month old son. I got my first period back in January and then again in February but it hasn't come again for March or ...
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April 20th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Centers, Birth Stories ⋅ Comments »
I had a wonderful waterbirth at a birth center. I went into labor at 10:30 on a Monday night. My contractions were every 6-10 minutes all night long but they ...
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April 19th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Responses to the Film ⋅ Comments »
After attending a natural childbirth preparation class and later watching BOBB, my husband and I decided to have a home birth. We had an amazing experience and are so glad ...
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April 19th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Responses to the Film ⋅ 1 Comment »
Thank-you Abby and Ricki for your efforts to educate women about the power and importance of choice-making around baby-making. I loved your documentary! Although I had been a natural birth ...
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April 19th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Responses to the Film ⋅ 3 Comments »
Yesterday I had the pleasure of congratulating a friend on becoming pregnant for the first time. Half way through the conversation, she announced "well, I'm finding it difficult, not being ...
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April 19th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Responses to the Film ⋅ 1 Comment »
Wow! What an eye-opener! After watching this documentary, I don't think I could ever have another hospital birth. These home births were so beautiful and joyful! Insurance companies need to ...
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April 14th, 2009 Posted by Other Contributors in Home Birth, Hospital Birth ⋅ Comments »
It took awhile for me to come around to homebirthing. With my first pregnancy I was 21 years old and thought the only rational way to have a baby was ...
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