tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59660187133758588542012-02-27T03:44:03.708-05:00If you're expecting a baby, we're glad you found us. We believe that every birthing woman deserves a doula, and to be able to have her best birth possible. Here, you'll learn about how doulas can help you to have a good birth, find a list of doulas in the Erie County, PA region, and lots of other useful resources and information. Happy and healthy birthing!eriedoulanoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-72867945893789684112012-01-16T13:48:00.000-05:002012-01-16T13:48:36.558-05:00La Leche League (LLL) is a wonderful resource for moms who have chosen to breastfeed their babies and would like information, support and comraderie. Welcome back LLL!<br /><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px;" valign="TOP" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><big style="box-sizing: border-box;">La Leche League to Meet</big></b>&nbsp;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></td><td align="RIGHT" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Date:</b>&nbsp;Jan. 19, 2012<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Start Time:</b>&nbsp;6:00- 800pm<br /><b>Where: </b>Glenwood Park YMCA, 3727 Cherry St., Erie PA&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">La Leche League meetings emphasize the joys of breastfeeding while they inform and encourage mothers who wish to nurse their babies. Discussions at meetings include the latest medical research as well as mothers' personal experiences. Whether you plan to breastfeed for six days, six weeks, six months, or longer, LLL has something for every mom!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-7286794589378968411?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-34824047347997507692011-10-29T20:14:00.000-04:002011-10-29T20:14:52.777-04:00<iframe width="459" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u792CxDT7cE?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-3482404734799750769?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-82689059444211351762011-07-02T11:38:00.000-04:002011-07-02T11:38:04.423-04:00<a href="http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/thoughts-on-the-ama-homebirth-ban-ricki-lake-and-midwifery/#comment-21549">Women's Health News</a> blog has &nbsp;a good discussion on the AMA's most recent treatment of homebirth &amp; midwifery. No matter where one stands on these issues, I think we can all agree that women need and women deserve real choices. All the time.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-8268905944421135176?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-72746443289129245422011-06-04T09:37:00.001-04:002011-06-04T09:50:33.778-04:00In this post, Public Health Doula offers great advice to newly pregnant moms wondering where to start uncovering the information that really matters in the pursuit of a healthy, happy birth. Read on....<br /><a href="http://phdoula.blogspot.com/2011/01/doulas-first-time-mama-advice-kit.html?spref=bl">Public Health Doula: The doula's first-time mama advice kit</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-7274644328912924542?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-36386312090286644562011-05-29T09:04:00.001-04:002011-06-01T14:13:15.917-04:00<a href="http://blog.kevinbeasley.com/">Now here are some awesome pregnancy photos. Click on this post to take a look at these underwater shots by Kevin Beasley of beautiful soon-to-deliver-a baby moms.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-3638631209028664456?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-51353851266970696942011-05-28T08:44:00.000-04:002011-05-28T08:44:57.380-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is a genuine crisis. It's more important than ever to be informed and take charge of your healthcare and birthing so that you can reduce your risks of an "unnecesarean" birth.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2009/12/21/pennsylvania-department-of-health-releases-2008-hospital-ces.html">Read more here....</a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-5135385126697069694?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966018713375858854.post-51945039185660805172011-05-17T08:49:00.000-04:002011-05-17T08:49:17.045-04:00<a href="http://www.thebirthsurvey.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RwlKmTRjIC0/TdJuG2ck3_I/AAAAAAAAAAY/_A105-e6lQI/s200/TBS_Button1x1.gif" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can help to improve childbirth services in NW Pennsylvania. Take the Birth Survey and the&nbsp;<i>Transparency in Maternity Care</i>&nbsp;Project will use your experience to provide information that will help women make fully informed maternity care decisions.&nbsp;</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5966018713375858854-5194503918566080517?l=eriedoulas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eriedoulanoreply@blogger.com0