Tuesday, November 20, 2012

LCM Moms & More 11/21/12


That time again (where does the time go?): 
LCM Moms & More meeting this week

Wednesday Nov 21, 2012
2 PM to 4 PM
The Guild House (first floor)
27 State Street
Troy NY, 12180

Join us for some pre-Thanksgiving thanks giving (and tea).




May all babies be born into loving hands... 

 K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM
www.localcaremidwifery.com
www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com

Friday, November 16, 2012

Finding Ease in Labor

Labor is hard work. It is hard work to birth a baby (or two). It is really hard work to let your body do this work. It is incredibly hard work to keep your mind quiet, your Self out of the way. And by doing just that, perfecting the doing of nothing, you can let your baby and your body give birth.


Finding ease, finding softness, finding the places, the positions, the moments where you can melt -this is crucial to being able to birth. In labor, look for ease. Let yourself be guided to positions where you can deeply relax. Let yourself be drawn upward to gently walk or softly dance. Let yourself be pulled down to a comfy palette (or couch, or bed) and surrender to gravity, body melting as the waves of contractions ebb and flow.

By finding ease in labor, you allow your body and your baby to do the hard work of labor. Body and baby have to find new positions, new relationships to each other. They have to birth, have to be born. It is hard work to get one human being out of another! To allow that to happen, it is important for you to keep your conscious mind out of the way, and to let your primitive self come out of the shadows. Finding ease allows your self, your body and your baby to trust, to relax and to work intensely together. Labor is the hardest work you every do by doing nothing at all.

 

May all babies be born into loving hands...



K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM

www.localcaremidwifery.com

www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com











This post is part of: Tuesday’s Conscious Connections for Finding Ease









Thursday, November 15, 2012

Baby Locke Westley

Lucky Locke braved wild seas, dread pirates and black cats only to find himself washed ashore into loving hands.

Welcome Baby Locke Westley!



May all babies be born into loving hands...

 K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM
www.localcaremidwifery.com
www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com






Sunday, November 4, 2012

Baby Brigid

On a beautiful moonlit night, in a warm and fragrant house, to a loving and waiting family, a vibrant little girl was born.
Welcome Brigid Grainne!

May all babies be born into loving hands... 

 K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM
www.localcaremidwifery.com
www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com






Saturday, November 3, 2012

Baby Daniel

Born as the hurricane touched down in his home county, Daniel's arrival was perfectly timed. Afterwards, he had a lot to communicate. The photos are entitled, The Faces of Daniel.
Welcome little one!


May all babies be born into loving hands...

K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM
www.localcaremidwifery.com
www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com










Friday, November 2, 2012

LCM M£M Party 11/7/12

October was a hard month for many of us. There were too many losses -emotional, physical, environmental. It was a very hard month. Ok, that is an understatement.

So, for this LCM Moms & More, let's have a party. We will have music and cupcakes, fruit punch and dancing, hugging and laughing. No doubt some of the hugging will lead to tears, and then we will hug some more. What do you say? I say, yes!

What: LCM Moms & More 'Hello November!' Party

Cupcakes! Hugs! Music! More hugs!

When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Where: The Guild House

27 State Street

Troy, NY 12180

Bye bye October
 

 

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Baby Sarah Tzipporah

On the last day of October 2012, Sarah Tzipporah was born into loving hands. 

Sweet little Princess-Bird, she will be held lightly in our hearts forever.








May all babies be born into loving hands... 

 K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM
www.localcaremidwifery.com
www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com