Birth Plans - Part 3

Pregnancy Place Radio - Episode 20 - Picking up the Pieces When the Birth Plan Falls Apart

Molly Padulo, mental health therapist from Orange Dot Counseling, joins Erica for this very poignant show on healing after a traumatic birth experience. Hear about being supported and how to be a support, processing through tough times and being able to move forward.

Here are a couple resources from today's show:

Baby Blues Connection
Pam England, Birthing from Within


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A Celebration of Breastfeeding

Pregnancy Place Radio - Episode 19 - The Big Latch On Comes to America

In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, Portland will be hosting The Big Latch On. This successful event finally comes to America through organizer Joanne Edwards. This great resource chats with Karen and Erica about bringing awareness to Breastfeeding through moms joining together on this special day.

Here are the links we talked about on today's show:

The Big Latch On

• Organize an Event
• Volunteer
• Event Sponsors

New Zealand Article

Lexington, KY Story

More information about World Breastfeeding Week

National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy Resources

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Birth Plans - Part 2

Pregnancy Place Radio - Episode 18 - Re-Routing When the Birth Plan Changes

The Birth Plan has been carefully created and discussed thoroughly with your careprovider. The bags are packed. You are ready to go...and wham...a curve ball! Something unexpected happens. Now what?!?! In this episode of Pregnancy Place Radio, Erica and Karen discuss some practical ways of maneuvering through and coping with detours and road blocks in labor change the Birth Plan.

Some practical tips from today's show:

• Define what your particular needs are and follow through with those
• Trust your intuition
• Assess the urgency of any decisions..."Can this wait 5 minutes, an hour or more?"
• If time allows, give yourself a moment to regroup and breathe, pray or meditate
• Fill in any gaps in understanding
• Find something that is within your control, and focus on that
• B.R.A.I.N. = Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition and Nothing

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Birth Plans - Part 1

Pregnancy Place Radio - Episode 17 - The Real Purpose of Birth Plans

A Birth Plan can be seen as a list of do's and don'ts, but Karen and Erica have a different spin on this common practice in birthing. In Part 1 of this 3 part series on Birth Plans, they share about using a "Check List Birth Plan" as a communication tool before the birth even happens!

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