iBirth

Light Moan

judith — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:12:27 +0000

Birth Stool

judith — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:08:44 +0000

Sitting On A Birth Ball

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:03:08 +0000

Labor Dancing

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:53:58 +0000

A Soft Whimper

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:04:06 +0000

As we look around there is no denying the advances women have made in the last 100 years. We have demanded that our voices be heard in the work force, our communities, intimate relationships and at our children’s schools. We have become really great at advocating for ourselves and for our families.

The question remains, why do we not feel the ability to advocate for ourselves with the same gusto when it comes to being pregnant and giving birth? So often women feel intimidated at their physician’s office and simply nod their heads in agreement to what is being said. That loud voice which has been cultivated over the past century somehow becomes a soft whimper in the presence of a white coat.

What are we afraid of? Do women even realize that they have a choice? Are women being encouraged to be a part of the decision making process? Or is all of that seen as disrespecting the physician?

It is time for a change. The healthcare choices that involve me and my family DO require my input. And SHOULD require intelligent questions with logical lines of reasoning. Women CAN take a stand and demand that their voices be heard for the health of themselves and their babies. It’s all about education and knowing not only what to advocate for, but how.

Two Feisty Italian Women

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:06:43 +0000

How do two wildly busy moms, living in this fast-paced world and each raising three kids have time to write an iPhone Application? We are still asking ourselves how we pulled this one off! I honestly don’t think we had a single, child-free meeting in all the time we worked on iBirth. But that does not matter, our message is important and we hold strong convictions. Try to stop two feisty Italian women when they have a mission in mind ~ nearly impossible.

So what exactly is our message you ask? Good question. We were tired of hearing story after story of women talking about being pregnant and giving birth like they’ve just come back from a war zone. As close girlfriends and childbirth educators we quizzically looked at each other and wondered what in the world happened in our culture to make women feel so unhappy and disconnected to the pregnancy and birth process? We could not take it any longer. So we decided to shake things up a bit. Our intent is that pregnant women and their partners will use iBirth to reclaim the glory of the process of bringing new life into the world.

Every woman deserves the right to actively engage in her pregnancy and birth. It seems that this has somehow been forgotten as we’ve moved into the technological era. More and more, cultures around the world are handing over the power of THE most natural thing on the face of the planet — to machines and numbers and cords and medicines. We’ve observed that instead of embracing this normal phase of life, our society as a whole has become frightened of it. Just give me a baby and we’ll call it good.

It is time for all pregnant women to not only feel sexy and powerful when they are pregnant, but to own their bodies and the life growing inside of them. It is a time to be ultra responsible for the life you have created and how it is birthed into this world.

Until next time……….