Tuesday, April 21, 2009

NewPi Natural Childbirth Workshop: Handouts

HANDOUTS:
What is a doula?
Why hire a doula?
Choosing a doula?
Partners and doulas
Writing a birth plan
Choosing a caregiver
Choosing a place of birth
Choosing a childbirth class
What else do I need?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

This video of Magali Dieux provides a wonderful example of the power of vocalization during labor. She uses a range of tones, low oms that sound like Buddhist chanting, ahhhs, descending scales, some louder, some breath-soft (pardon the multi-lingual voiceover that sometimes obscures her sounds). Here is a link to the original video.