by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, devotion
Twenty years ago, I sat in a darkened room and watched my first birth film. I was entranced. I couldn’t get over how cool the whole thing was! How strong the birthing woman was, how supportive her partner was helping her through each contraction, how wise and...
by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, calling, connection, doula, family-centered, preparation, resources, support
I can’t let this week go by without a shout-out to all of the wonderful women I know personally, and professionally, who’ve taken up the call to become a doula. A doula is a woman trained to assist other women in childbirth and/or to support a new family following the...
by Barbara Buckner Suárez | baby, birth workers, coping, infant death, infertility, loss, miscarriage, pain, process, support
It takes a torrential rain or windstorm to blow the last remaining leaves off the trees revealing what was so well-hidden in the uppermost branches throughout Spring and Summer: one, two, sometimes up to three bird’s nests. They vary in size and shape, and I have no...
by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth plan, birth workers, Childbirth Education, doula, due date, labor
Did you ever have a Magic 8 Ball? I did. I loved that thing. I loved being able to ask a question, any question, and have the almighty oracle predict my fate. Inside the little window floated a single die, with twenty possible answers to life’s biggest...
by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, preparation, pushing
This past week, I had the chance to talk with two different Mommas about their births. Even though their births were very different from one another, there was one aspect that they both felt compelled to share in the re-telling of their birth story. Each of them...
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