The Orgasmic Birth Blog

I felt this news is too important  so I am posting the recent enews directly from Childbirth Connection.

Please share with your networks and contact your representatives to ask them to support the MOMS for the 21st Century Bill.

We all have something in our lives that we wish we had done. Years ago, I was offered a job teaching skiing for the spring season at Cortina, Italy. I turned it down and have always wondered what Cortina was like and what would have happened if I had taken that job. So I decided to enjoy my day off and drive from Graz, Austria to Cortina. A beautiful, sometime a bit scary ride through the Alps to arrive in the Dolomites. Wow!! There are not enough words to describe these unique mountains.

The last two weeks have felt like a mini “Eat, Pray, Love” adventure. For anyone who has not read this book by Elizabeth Gilbert I would highly recommend it. Her journey to find herself after a difficult divorce has something in it for everyone.

Photo courtesy Judith Halek

Deja, Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ricki Lake, Debra Pascali-Bonaro

 I have been waiting for the launch of our re-desinged web site  to begin my blog for 2010. I am looking forward to providing you with regular updates. I have been asked by viewers around the world to share more about where the film has been shown, the reaction and the impact the film is having as well as how to prepare to have a pleasurable birth.

<!--StartFragment--> The article today in the Huffington Post  about a NJ decision involving a woman who refused to consent to a c-section and then had her baby taken away from her for alleged abuse and neglect is a dangerous precedent that should concern us all. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louise-marie-roth/is-a-woman-in-labor-a-pe...

I saw this informative post on breastfeeding on the Making Pregnancy Safer forum and thought it was worthy of sharing in full here.   I welcome your comments and thoughts.  Please also share your ideas  on health care reform with our administration at:http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.healthreform.gov/communityreports/comments.html Debra

It is an exciting time as the world becomes united in new ways like Twitter and Facebook to discuss important issues.  Americans for UNFPA is hosting a chat on Twitter today to share ideas about global women’s health and rights. I encourage you to participate by adding #forwomen to the ideas you tweet. You can also watch the conversation at: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23forwomen There is also an article in Women's eNews  http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=4019 Despite Promise, Better Maternal Care Is Unrealized By Anushay Hossain - WeNews commentator   

I wanted to share  an important email that I received today.  Please help the PushNation rise up to tell Congress about how access to out-of-hospital maternity care and Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs), who are specially trained to provide it, are a top priority in national health care reform! Help alert Congress to the Capitol Hill Issue Briefing on Thursday, May 21, focused on how out-of-hospital maternity care reduces costs and improves outcomes.