I'm new to this list. I am a mother of 3, and I'm very interested in having a home birth when and if I become pregnant again. I'm still nursing my 22month...
greenacres@...
Feb 21, 2001 8:47 pm
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In a message dated 2/21/01 1:47:36 PM, greenacres@... writes: << Can anyone recommend good books on home birth? >> Birthing From Within by Pam England....
alisun63@...
Feb 21, 2001 9:08 pm
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Hello everyone! My name is Kathy. Dh and I are expecting baby #1 in July. We are planning a homebirth, so I was happy to find this egroup. I am curious about...
gernst71@...
Feb 22, 2001 12:28 am
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Hi, Welcome to the list. We are an Australian based group, we have books, videos, birthing pool and other resources to hire out to people in the Illawarra...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 22, 2001 12:31 am
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Thanks, Alisun. I've had that book recommended to me before, so I'll have to find it. Amy "Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your...
Amy Howdeshell
greenacres@...
Feb 22, 2001 4:18 am
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I'm surprised to find that I may be a minority, being an American on this list. I've never been to Australia, nor do I know anyone from Australia. How is the...
Amy Howdeshell
greenacres@...
Feb 22, 2001 4:19 am
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Nat, Thanks for sharing your great story, and the picture. I really think water is the way to go! I saw a water birth on a cable TV show called "Baby Story"....
Amy Howdeshell
greenacres@...
Feb 22, 2001 4:19 am
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Kathy, I have heard some wonderful things about the homeopathic immune boosting, but since I didn't do it with my kids I can't be of much more help than that....
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 22, 2001 6:56 am
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Glad to have you hear too Amy!!! Although I am not sure if you are in the minority, the US persons (trying to be correct and not call ya'll yanks) actually...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 22, 2001 6:59 am
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No, I'm not a midwife. I'm an R.N., but if I was going to go back to work I would probably become a midwife or a lactation consultant. However, I am going to...
Amy Howdeshell
greenacres@...
Feb 22, 2001 2:25 pm
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Hello! From one of the 'yanks'... lol I had a hospital birth with my daughter (5) and a homebirth with my son (1). I wasn't starting out looking for a...
Voni
voni@...
Feb 22, 2001 3:19 pm
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... Hi Kathy! Congratulations! My perfect homebirth baby girl : ) is now almost 14 months old, and my husband and I decided not to immunize her at all. She...
Scott Aguirre
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Feb 22, 2001 3:40 pm
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hi Amy The pool for waterbirths that we lend out is a childrens inflatable pool you can but them from Toys are us in Australia so maybe that might be a good...
Kylie & Damian
KylieDamianPoloni@...
Feb 23, 2001 12:12 pm
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Amy, I understand the tough bag !!! With my first I thought I was giving birth to the head (it hurt like hell and all) and I told mum the head is here the head...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 26, 2001 5:32 am
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I forget to tell the Aussie girls .... I met this wonderful woman who is studying the politics of medicine. We had the best conversation. She wants to get into...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 26, 2001 5:37 am
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I found a great book this weekend called "Gentle Birth Choices" by Barbara Harper. She discusses water birth, home birth, midwifery,etc. There are lots of...
greenacres@...
Feb 26, 2001 2:07 pm
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Feed him some statistics! Men like facts! :) In the end, that was how I convinced my hubby, and now he is an advocate! He actually just made a rude comment...
Voni
voni@...
Feb 26, 2001 6:19 pm
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Have to agree about the facts and statistics. Or maybe you could use sex .... as in at home you can wear whatever you like - inluding nothing, whereas at...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 26, 2001 9:26 pm
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P.S. Also, reassure him that you will go to the hospital if it becomes necessary. My husband seemed to think that I wasn't going to go even if I bled to...
Voni
voni@...
Feb 26, 2001 10:33 pm
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Yes, I find a lot of people think that too. Nat ... From: Voni To: homebirthonline@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:16 AM Subject: RE: [hbo]...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Feb 26, 2001 10:54 pm
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Hi Kathy my name is karen I am a Midwife and Homebirth advocate I have one, 17 month old son Booked homebirth ended with Caesarian Tried hard.....baby had his...
Karen Sanders&Dave Bu...
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Feb 28, 2001 1:41 am
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Kavan-Welsh Family
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Feb 28, 2001 6:17 am
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If this person had've searched the net she wouldd've found us also we are in quite a lot of community directories etc. She also could have asked at the...
Kylie & Damian
KylieDamianPoloni@...
Feb 28, 2001 11:15 pm
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Its OK I found out its an arts, culture and ingenuity festival and we don't really fit into those categories. But it shouldn't be a problem to put a pamphlet...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Mar 1, 2001 1:35 am
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to everyone in the wollongong/illawarra area there is a homebirth gathering at Lisa Metcalfe's home 29 oceana parade austinmer phone: 4268 1675 monday 12th...
Kylie & Damian
KylieDamianPoloni@...
Mar 2, 2001 2:05 pm
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I just found out my X's GF is posting all sorts of nastiness about me on the net. Get this, her two biggest obsessions are my weight AND the fact that I had...
Voni
voni@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:35 pm
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Voni, you irresponsible woman !!!! LOL. Gee that ex has some issues doesn't she, maybe she is insecure about her own mothering ability!!. Actually I haven't...
Steve & Nat Kostiuk
thekostiuks@...
Mar 6, 2001 4:57 am
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Thanks Nat! I expected flak from others and actually got little! This woman has gotten worse though, later on in her postings we found comments about hiring a...
Voni
voni@...
Mar 6, 2001 1:21 pm
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I am interested in birthing centers and I can't figure out why there aren't any in our area. I haven't been able to locate one in the whole state of Missouri....
Amy Howdeshell
greenacres@...
Mar 6, 2001 3:02 pm
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Not with opening birth centers, but definitely with trying to find one! I gave up and then found out from a book that there was supposed to be a really great...