Helping mothers rediscover natural birth

Over the past 2 years, I am increasingly hearing the diagnosis “oligohydramnios” or “low amniotic fluid” as one of the biggest reasons for induction and/or C-Section. How do we “diagnose” low amniotic fluid? How much is too little? Do we need repeated Ultrasound Scans to determine the level of fluid? What about traditional hands-on skills [...]

This is a long post….. Exactly 12 days back at 11:30 pm on 1/6/2010, a baby boy was born to one of our moms at our Healthy Mother Birthing Center, the Sanctum. That he was born after almost 15 hours after mom’s bag of waters (BOW) broke, or that he was born with a nuchal [...]