2012

Blossom Natural Childbirth Class 77.0

Congratulations to our ‘Natural Childbirth’ Class Graduates! Blossom Birth Center Palo Alto October 28, 2012 – December 16, 2012 Left to Right:  Eva & Omer, Jessica, Anne & Kristian, Deborah & Tim, Lin & George, Jessica & Mike, Leila & David, Natalia & Aleksey Missing In Photo: Seth, Erika & Steve

Blossom Childbirth Prep Class 77.1

Congratulations to our Childbirth Prep Graduates! Blossom Birth Center Palo Alto December 1, 8, 15, 2012 Left to Right:  Robert & Astrid, Gautham & Prachi

Our new ‘Birthing Naturally’ Childbirth Prep  and standard CBP class dates are up for 2013! There are a few spots available for our upcoming Birthing Naturally Thursday night class starting Dec 6 – Jan. 24, 2013 at Harmony Birth & Family in Campbell. We’d love to have you. 🙂 Birthing Naturally: Partner Supported Childbirth Standard […]

Harmony Birthing Naturally Class 76.0

Congratulations to our ‘Birthing Naturally: Partner Supported Childbirth’ Graduates! Harmony Birth & Family Campbell September 27, 2012 – November 15, 2012 Left to Right:  Kate & Javier, Katie & Michael, Wendy & David, Michelle & Cyrous, Beth & Scott, Katherine & Peter, Lee & Paul Missing in Photo:  Cathleen & Jamie

Blossom Natural Childbirth Class 75.0

Congratulations to our ‘Natural Childbirth’ Class Graduates! Blossom Birth Center Palo Alto September 26, 2012 – November 14, 2012 Left to Right:  Louise & Louis, Nicolle & Stephen, Emily & Cuong, Tellina & Jaycfil

Blossom Natural Childbirth Class 74.0

Congratulations to our ‘Natural Childbirth’ Class Graduates! Blossom Birth Center Palo Alto August 19, 2012 – October 14, 2012 Left to Right:  Minal & Manish, Chunju (Lulu) & Hedger, Priya & Prashant, Chantia & Simon, Jessica & Eric, Jenny & Eric, Christine & Andre, Juliet & Jacob

“The Food and Drug Administration released a list of 34 different drugs this morning that included steroids, epidural anesthetics used to block pain during childbirth, and surgery and saline solutions that are compounded to make different medications. ‎Anyone who has received epidural injections since July 1 should watch for symptoms of meningitis. Health officials say […]

Check out this fantastic video of a laboring mom beautifully breathing and working through a contraction in the transitional stage of labor.  This woman is at 8-9 centimeters dilated.  Pay attention to her shoulders.  See how wonderfully loose she is in her shoulders, her neck, and her throat.  She is doing an incredibly fantastic job […]

Here is a wonderful blog post by Kathi In Kathi’s previous post, Faith Gibson gave us a run-down on the history and impact of premature cord clamping, including her assertion that this medical intervention “..is the most profound change in routine birth practices for babies in the history of the human species.” Today, Faith concludes her […]