Birth in the Spirit of Curiousity…
Welcome!
Welcome to the blog that will broaden your prenatal, birth and postpartum perspective! In this blog you’ll find postings and articles that reflect a variety of opinons and resources; some that you may resonate with, some that you may not agree with.
As you know or are beginning to find out, birth and parenting is a profoundly personal experience. What the ‘right’ choice is for each person will be different and will be influenced by one’s entire life experience up until the moment they are ‘called’ to make a decision regarding birth.
It is because of this that you are the only one who can know what is truly right for you.
I believe that birthing naturally means birthing in the way that comes naturally for you. Whether that be at home or the hospital, with a midwife or doctor, with or without pain medication, vaginally or by cesarean; there are many ways to birth out there. Birth is unpredictable and it’s hard to know what you’ll feel or experience for your own birth, even if you’ve had children before.
It is in the spirit of entering the unknown of birth and parenting with curiousity and an open mind that I will make this blog a gathering place for birth information, experiences and insights from all perspectives. To build a community that truly and deeply supports the personal process of new parents, it is essential that we open our minds to the experiences of others.
I look forward to sharing these perspectives with you and hearing about your owne unique experience of birth!
In the doula spirit!
~Amanda
From the blog
Sandy and Jason’s Birth Story
Sep. 24, 2011 No Comments
*Posted with permission of both parents* Jason’s story is in italics, Sandy’s in normal font To view the story with photos click “Jason and Sandy’s Birth Story” on our Homepage Sandy and I would like to announce that we are the very proud, very happy parents of our new baby girl! It has been a [...]
It’s not often that an academic conference is open and free to the public, let alone the topic of said conference to be about birth and mothering! So I’m especially excited for this one coming up as I can imagine every other birth fanatic will be once they hear about it! Read on to hear [...]
I’m happy to be a strong supporter of a new academic community called “The Motherhood Initiative” founded this past year in our own Toronto, ON! The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) is the newly launched feminist scholarly and activist organization on mothering-motherhood, developed from the former Association for Research on Mothering at [...]
It can be difficult for partners and practitioners to know when a mother is seriously requesting and an epidural or when her request for an epidural is really a request for more or different support. It’s not unusual for a mother to begin to doubt her ability to continue to labour when she is feeling [...]
Ann Douglas, Author of “The Mother of All Pregnancy Books” Interviews Toronto Doula, Amanda Spakowski
Aug. 10, 2011 No Comments
I recently had the honour of being interviewed by Canadian author Ann Douglas. She’s written a flurry of books about pregnancy, birth and parenting that offer a refreshing look at birth in Canada (a rare find amongst the dozens of American-based birthing books) and writes regularly for Parents Central and the Toronto Star. The topic [...]
Pregnant, Paranoid and Feeling Past My “Use By” Date By Angel LaLiberte, Founder FlowerPowerMom.com— The Truth About Motherhood After 40 Real mom stories, expert advice forums, and the first online community to empower women on the journey of motherhood after 40. I’ll never forget the day I signed on the dotted line at the age [...]
