D is for dictionary so you can look up all these words.
 
 
D is also for:
Dilation: As you prepare to have your baby, your cervix will begin to open, to dilate. It will deliver – believe it or not – to 10 centimeters. That’s not quite 4 inches.
Due date: The date of delivery, or the due date, is estimated based on a 40 week pregnancy (280 days). A good number of women, actually most of them, don’t deliver on their due date, but usually within a week before or after.
Doula: A doula is a woman who is hired …read more

I’ve done round-up posts over at Help My Hurt, but I don’t think I’ve done one here yet. I  like to do top 5 or top 10 popular posts because I think it helps me better understand what people are looking for. Hmm, I wonder if I should do a bottom 10 posts, just for the fun of it!
Anyway, here we go, the top 10 posts of the week:
1- No surprise for this one and you still have a few days to enter (until July 14):  3 books to give away. Few things better than reading to your little ones
2- This …read more

Finding and Choosing a Doula
(Womb Within has its very own doula)
So you think a doula is a good idea! That’s terrific. But the next question is usually “so how do I find one?” There are a number of options:
Ask your friends and other people you know who have given birth in the past 5 years if they used a doula or know of any.
Contact your local pregnancy resource center or birth center.
Ask your midwife or doctor. Midwives often work with doulas and some have collaborative practices. Doctors may have met doulas who accompanied some of their patients, and may be …read more

There is so much available “out there” that I am trying to find you the best, most reliable and sometimes the funniest. Not always an easy task, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
Here are 5 blog posts that I found were worth passing on to you. I hope you feel they’re worth reading.

If you want to avoid a C-section, you might hire a doula

The Boy and the Blindside

Pregnant? Try a Nojito or a Cos-no-politan

What Dad’s Really Want For Father’s Day: Creative and Unique Gift Ideas

The Kids talk about Reproduction

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Dads and Doulas
(Womb Within has its very own doula)
Susan had been thinking about hiring a doula to support her goal of an unmedicated, low-intervention birth. Her husband, Jeff, on the other hand, wasn’t so sure. He felt like having a stranger at what he considered an intimate experience would be intrusive. He didn’t want someone taking his place. He believed he could support Susan during labor just fine, and didn’t know what a doula could do that he couldn’t. After all, he was going to childbirth classes with Susan, and he could do that ‘hee-hee-hoo’ business just as well as …read more