August 13, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE
As childbirth educators, we know that we are likely to have a diverse group of families in our classes. The materials we use to teach with and the images on our websites and in our marketing materials should be just as varied as the people who take our classes. Today is another post in the occasional series on Welcoming all Families, Connecting the Dots talk about sources for images that represent people of size. Pam Vireday has written before here and here on this blog about welcoming people of size in our classrooms and today’s post is a nice compliment to that.
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January 04, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Research showed that people birthing in facilities with both midwives and doctors on staff were less likely to be induced, less likely to have their labor augmented with pitocin, less likely to have a cesarean, and more likely to have a successful vaginal birth after cesarean.
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November 04, 2015 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Pamela Vireday "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." - Helen KellerI am delighted to share with you a three part series that begins today, written by Pam Vireday, who is an occasional contributor to Science & Sensib
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September 16, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Today on Science & Sensibility, I wanted to share with readers some of my favorite birth related blogs, after Science & Sensibility of course! I subscribe to over 400 blogs, on a variety of topics, not just birth. I hope that someone has a larger blog list then I do, otherwise I will start t
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November 08, 2012 | by: Pam Vireday
Continuing along in our occasional series on "Welcoming All Families" to our childbirth classes, this two part guest post is written by Pam Vireday, creator of the Well-Rounded Mama blog. Today, Pam shares how to promote optimum outcomes at the births of plus sized people.
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