by Karen Melton | Aug 14, 2014 | Articles, Childbirth
Recovering Emotionally: It is hard when you have been through a long or difficult birth ending in a c-section, and you may even be feeling traumatized by it, and then you are expected to ‘get on with it’ after a short time. Many women end up reeling...
by Karen Melton | Aug 14, 2014 | Articles, Childbirth, Conscious Early Parenting
I want to give you some great ways that you can be prepared for any kind of c-section. I advocate strongly for mom’s to practice Prenatal Attachment parenting because if you have a strong connection with your baby by the time you get to your birthing, you have a...
by Karen Melton | Jul 27, 2012 | Articles, Conception, Conscious Early Parenting, Early Consciousness, Pregnancy
Conception necessitates two people coming together to make a baby and there is the potential for their union to be deep, passionate, conscious and totally present. As we come into life at conception we receive our first imprint of relationship from how our parents are...
by Karen Melton | Aug 13, 2010 | Articles, Childbirth
This article, found on the birth routes site, is about the damaging affects of pitocin, a drug routinely used by obstetricians in hospital birthing for inductions and augmentation of labor (speeding it up). Pitocin is specifically only approved by the FDA when...
by Karen Melton | Aug 13, 2010 | Articles, Pregnancy
I found this on the Alliance for the Improvement of Maternity Services (AIMS) web site, and I think that it is very important that every birthing family fully understands their rights if choosing labor and birth, or just birth, in hospital. It is also important to...
by Karen Melton | Jul 29, 2010 | Articles, Conscious Early Parenting
We had a new baby come into our family in 2002, and I was reminded how much change needs to happen when a little one comes into the family. Everyone has to make space for the new member, both internally and externally within the family roles and dynamics. In birthing...
