Helping families have happy BIRTH days.
This is Felicity’s birth story. I was worried that I was in for another very long birth (HERE is the recap of my son Wilder’s 76-hour marathon birth story.) Around my due date, I had days of contractions, but nothing really consistent or painful enough for me to say “OK this is labor.” It felt imminent, but labor just never came. My due date sailed past …
We have all been there and we’ve all seen her – she’s the perfect mom. The mom who has it all together. The one who has the cute little basketball for a belly and that cute little basketball is draped by cute maternity clothes that fit perfectly (never having the bottom of her belly peaking out, even at nine months pregnant). She …
Today we talk about HARRIS METHODIST in Ft. Worth. Harris Methodist is one of the many options we have in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area as you are choosing a location to deliver your baby. At Great Expectations, we want to help families match their needs and desires with a birth place that wants to help them achieve those goals…that may or …
During pregnancy, women have lots of questions about their baby’s development, what they can eat and drink, what medication is safe to take for a headache and how they want to give birth…to name just a few. What better way to get answers than looking to the device we all carry around with us – our smart phone or tablet! In …
The new documentary, Why Not Home? tells the stories of doctors, nurses, and midwives who are making the choice to have their babies at home. These professionals work in hospitals and have attended hundreds of births in that setting. Through the experiences and questions of these women, both in their homes and in their hospitals, we gain insight into the …
No matter the choices you make for your labor, some things will almost certainly increase the odds of having a positive experience. Here are 10 ideas for having a better birth.
Better wireless monitoring in Fort Worth While most women do not need to be continuously monitored during their labor, there are some women that either due to hospital policy, personal risk factors or patient/physician preference will spend most of their labor having their baby’s heart rate monitored. This is called continuous fetal monitoring. Currently, continuous monitoring often reduces a woman’s …
Are you considering having a baby at Baylor Grapevine? Here is everything you need to know!
Did you know your pelvis could do all this?!
I am so excited to share the news that for the fourth year in a row, Great Expectations Doulas has been voted BEST DOULA by DFW Child magazine.
