Birthing From Within

We would like to bring a Birthing From Withing Workshop to Utah. I had talked to Camille about this and then contacted BFW. I get an e-mail back from them saying that a workshop needs support of two people willing to organize and advertise, etc. The workshop and then needs at least 15 people willing to attend the workshop. I think this is a doable goal.

So, please if you are interested in bringing a BFW workshop to Utah, let me know and we can try to get this rolling. Also, please let others know that may be interested.

Notes: 12/16

Notes: 12/16

Today in our Midwifery study group we talked about the Placenta and Jeanette walked us through dehydrating , drying, encapsulated the placenta. We actually one got as far as steaming, cooling and dehydrating. The next steps would have been grounding and encapsulating.
So here is how it went.
Jeanette was steaming the placenta when we arrived. She steamed it for an hour. She took it out to cool. After it was cool she sliced it into thin pieces and put on dehydrating racks to dry. She put these in the oven at 140F. And when we left they were still in the oven.
My understanding is the next steps would be grinding (in your blender) into a powder and then encapsulation.
Camille talked with us about Duncun and Shultz presentation of the placenta.
A Shultz placenta births the fetal side first. Also known as Shiny Shultz. And a Duncun Placenta births Maternal Side first and is also known as Dirty Duncun. A Shultz presentation is more common. And a Duncun placenta will lead the sack so the sack would need to be checked to make sure parts weren’t still in the Uterus.
Otherwise it was a lot of birthy chit chat.
Our next meeting will be January 6. And we are discussing normal first trimester as talked about in the notes I posted last week.

Notes: 12/9/09

Normal First Trimester
Early Sings of Pregnancy
• Missed Period
• Spotting
• Cramping
• Back Ache
• Appetite changes
• Hot flashes
• Breast changes
• Sore breasts
• Growth
• Darkening of nipples
• Other skin pigment changes
• Acne or clearer skin
• Cervical changes
• Metallic taste
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Frequent Urination
• Constipation
• Emotional Signs
• Emotional/weepy
• Tired
• Weight gain or loss
There are others. Research early signs of pregnancy and know what is within normal and what steps outside of normal. For example: What is normal nausea and vomiting and when does it cross to a more concerning level.

Actual Physical Changes during the First Trimester
• Uterus
• Vagina
• Breasts
• Other Physical Changes that may not be part of the reproductive organs.

We won't be able to do placenta's tomorrow

We found out the lady wanted to charge $150 for it. I have another friend that is willing to do it but can't until next Wednesday and will charge $80. She also suggested we have two placenta's. One she can start dehydrating early and then the other she will start the dehydrating on that day. Anyone have one sitting in their freezer that would like to have it capsulated?

For tomorrow I would like to start an outline of normal 1st trimester so bring what books you have and we will go from there.

Just to add to Kimberlee's post

My idea was to study one subject extensively for about a month, depending on the subject we could go longer or shorter than that. The idea is to find everything you can on each subject and then write up a paper as if you were going to submit it to a Professor. Obviously the more you put into it the more you will learn but each of us know where we are in our midwife education so it's completely up to you how much you do. When you are done you can upload your paper to this blog. That way everyone can participate even if you can't make it to the class.

We will also follow the schedule we followed last time. One week will be a discussion on what we are working on and then the following week we will do a skills lab.

I can't remember all of what Kimberlee posted so I thought I would post again what we are doing next week. Jeanette has a lady coming to show us how to capsulate a placenta. We are planning on researching the benefits of using the placenta postpartum and will also be researching other ways it could be used. We will meet at 10:00 at Jeanette's and then the lady will be coming at 11:00. It could take 3-4 hours so Kimberlee has suggested we do lunch too. I will talk to Jeanette and let you know what is decided.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Camille

Notes from 12/2

Today we discussed the format we would like to work within the study group. We will be studying one topic every few weeks to every month and have skills weeks every other week or so.
This week is study of the placenta and placenta medicine. During our group next week we will have someone come to teach us placenta encapsulation.
Upcoming is studies from the first trimester including

*1st exam
*Normal first trimester
*Morning Sickness
*Nutrition
*Miscarriage

Currently our group meets Wednesday Mornings @ 10:00 a.m.