STBA group meeting!
This week Friday at 1:30pm in CC.Email me for detailswww.southtexasbirthadvocates.gmail.com

Maternity Care in the Rio Grande Valley-From one Mother to Another
Maternity Care in the Rio Grande Valley-From one Mother to AnotherMaternity Care in the Rio Grande Valley-From one Mother to AnotherI am Nicole Hoff but I am better known as "Mommy", "The Birth Lady," or "The Boob Lady." I have my Bachelors in Maternal and Child Health, am a Certified Doula (a certified professional that assists mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period), a Certified Childbirth Educator, an International Board Certified

A Call for Stories
We believe that the birth process is a monumental experience in which a mother should be honored, valued, respected and revered. And yet, we continue to hear stories that express a number of grievances encountered by Moms during their births. Some mothers experience unfair treatment, cause for complaint, disrespect and even abuse during their birth process. Because a birth may be a rare or even a solitary experience for one woman, she may not pursue official reprimand for any injustice she suffers

The Silent War
A reader (my sister) sent this to my email and agreed to let me post it.  I feel that it is a pretty suitable response to my last post on Orgasmic Birth/The Today Show. -CK I'm just going to state things as they are in my mind right now.  I keep going back and forth.  I feel like there is a subconscious war going on between people who support natural birth and those who support going to a hospital for the safety of technology.  I'm trying to be understanding.  I

Orgasmic Birth and The Today Show:
Impressions of the two sensational reportsIn reference to the controversial issues involved over our nation’s childbirth options, Beth Overton said “The real power in changing things is to have mothers speak up. Otherwise this controversy is perceived as a turf war by providers.” As an expe