Welcome Baby Huck!
Another beautiful home birth and big sister was there, too, this time! ...
Boise Tag
Happy Valentine’s Day Weekend
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Who is in Your Heart Trust?
I started using the term "brain-trust" in 2003 while working on a case for support for a proposed non-profit. I was working with a powerhouse of a businesswoman who made stuff happen. It seems like she knew everyone in Seattle and how to get them to accomplish great things. It was she who taught me "the more people in the brain-trust the better" which I have used ever since to express my need for gathering information and, with the right people, collaborating. But recently I have begun to question where some brains seem to be leading us. For example, in the age of BIG DATA…maybe all this desire for counting is making us a little crazy. I mean seriously…say this outloud: "we are googling analytics". That...
Natural Childbirth in the Hospital: The space of the couple is about LOVE.
Hospital Birth LOVE - Medium from Kyndal May on Vimeo. One of the themes of Confident Birthing Childbirth Classes is the space of the couple and the role of love hormones. This beautiful natural birth was captured in Boise at St. Luke's Hospital and is shared with the generous blessing of this couple who took the class. The photos are in chronological order allowing us to see the many times she dressed and changed clothes as needed as she followed her body to change positions and move throughout the space…both the private space of the room and the open space of the hallways as needed. It also shows how a laboring woman's temperature fluctuates and she goes from hot to cold and back again. It shows...
Who Needs Mistletoe When You’ve Got Oxytocin?
We talk a lot about oxytocin in Confident Birthing. ...