coping Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

On Motherhood and Feeling “Trapped”

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | memories, mothering

Before anyone gets triggered by the title of this post, let me explain what’s been happening in my little corner of the world. I live in Portland, Oregon. A city that has, on average, almost 42 inches of rain a year. We’re used to the gray clouds and wet stuff falling...

Today’s Top 10 List: Ways to Support a New Family

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 4th trimester, body image, help, preparation, support

Top 10 List of Things YOU Can Do to Make Our Lives as New Parents Easier Please stop by the store and pick up the following: (Provide a specific list) (Include the basics that you know you’ll go through in a week and at least one yummy treat you only buy every once in...

Pain AND Pleasure?

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | pain

Have you listened to the podcast The Longest Shortest Time? Episode #28, The Missing Chapter to Ina May’s Guide is so worth the listen. Please pop over there and do yourself a favor – then come back to me here. The interviewer, Hilary Frank speaks to Ina May Gaskin –...

Birth Fear Busters

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | labor, preparation

Fear of labor… Why does it happen and what can you do about it? It’s important to look at the underlying causes of fear around birth to normalize and understand why we feel this way. But it’s more important to be empowered and discover some ways that...

It’s Called Labor for a Reason

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | labor

One of the classes in my Childbirth Class series, we watch our first birth film. It’s usually a birth film using non-medicated coping techniques and comfort measures (i.e., no drugs.) We’ll get to Epidurals and Cesarean Birth eventually, but I try to show families...