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Hello ladies! First I want to thank you for visiting The Belly Button Connection (TBBC). TBBC was originally created as a forum for mothers: aspiring, expecting, and veteran. The name was derived from the baby’s connection to the mother: physically, mentally, and emotionally. I wanted TBBC to be a place where women received both accurate and positive feedback about pregnancy. Since creating TBBC I’ve learned that our thoughts about pregnancy, motherhood, and womanhood start long before the onset of puberty. In fact, it starts with our relationships with our own mothers, aunts, sisters, and peers. Our hardships are not our own. They are passed down from generation to generation, friend to friend, spouse to spouse, parent to child. This doesn’t have to be the case. Leo Buscaglia said it best when he said, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

TBBC is that touch, smile, kind word, listening ear, honest compliment, and smallest act of caring. My mission is to keep you abreast on events, programs, and seminars that will be beneficial to you as well as partner with organizations that will improve your confidence, increase your self-esteem, and help you become the woman you strive to be for yourself, your family, and generations to follow.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Birth Plan: Did Yours Help?

Birth plans can be a controversial issue. Some say they are wondeful while others say that birth plans create a "false sense of security." While birth plans may not be honored down to the letter, I believe birth plans are a good way to let your medical professional(s) and birth partner(s) know what you would like during your childbirthing experience. My first doula client, Juli, had planned to have a natural labor with her son, Pace. After laboring for 24 hours, both her midwife, the attending midwife, Juli and myself believed that after very little progress, a hospital birth would be best for Juli. After 3 additional hours of not progressing, the medical staff decided to perform a c-section. Pace was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around him twice. Have a vaginal birth could have presented complications for Pace. So, again, a birth plan is simply that. However, of course, the health of the mother and baby is first and foremost. http://www.birthplan.com/ is a great tool to help you create your tentative birth plan.
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