Bella means beautiful and birth is exactly that.
What makes a birth beautiful?
You.

No matter if it’s a natural quick birth, an extended tough labor, or a cesarean section, your birth can be beautiful. An experience to treasure, a story to tell. Women who have good support are empowered to make informed decisions, feel in control and have beautiful births.

Whether this is your first baby or your family is growing, visualize what your Bellabirth would be. Take a few minutes to ask yourself the questions on the Birth Plan Worksheet maybe discuss them with your partner.

Birth plan worksheet

As your doula I can help you write a birth plan and create a piktochart of your own!

Follow @bellabirthgr on Instagram for affirmations and visualizations to help you in your birthing.

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It's time. #whitechristmas

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Our big Labor Day announcement! Because Bellabirth is commited to community and #informedempowered parents, we helped work on this initiative to spread the word about doulas and help parents find one! Grdoulas.com It's been really exciting to come up with a website name, design the website and take part in or launch video!

"Every child is unique. Every child must pass through the same stages, leading from an enclosed works to an open one, from being folded in on itself to reaching outward." Frederik Leboyer #affirmation #birth #baby #bellabirthgr #childbirth #doula #hypnosis #hypnobirthing #intuition #mother #motherhood #mariemongan #pregnancy #pregnant #grandrapids #wesrmichigan #maternity #visualization

Stay tuned to the mybellabirth.com facebook page, blog and Instagram account for a big Labor Day announcement! myBellabirth blog already has the details of the giveaway up! #birth #bellabirthgr #childbirth #doula #grdoulas #grandrapids #hypnosis #hypnobirthing #informedempowered #mothers #pregnancy #relaxation #woman #westmichigan

Choose carefully who attends your birth, this means care providers and nurse too. Make sure that everyone in the room is giving you love and positive support and will follow your desires for your birth outside of special circumstances. Here's a great article giving some guidelines on How to Chose Who to and Not To Invite to your birth: http://boldturquoise.com/2013/10/8-guidelines-for-choosing-who-to-and-not-to-invite-to-your-birth-day-13-bellies-birth-and-babies/

"birth is not only about making babies. #birth is about making mothers...strong, competent, capable #mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength." Barbara Katz Rothman #bellabirthgr #childbirth #doula #grdoulas #grandrapids #informedempowered #pregnancy #affirmations #hypnosis #hypnobirthing #relaxation #visualization

“the first intervention in #birth that a healthy woman takes is when she walks out the front door of her home in labor. from that first intervention, all others will follow.” Michael Rosenthal, OB/GYN #bellabirthgr #childbirth #doula #grdoulas #grandrapids #hypnosis #hypnobirthing #informedempowered #pregnancy #relaxation #woman #westmichigan #

Follow @bellabirth on twitter for the most up to date information on the childbearing year.

Resources for writing a Birth Plan

These are some of my preferred websites for information about pregnancy and birth.

Birthing Naturally

Mothering

Childbirth Connection

International Cesarean Awareness Network

Birth Without Fear

Ask Dr.Sears

Doulas of North America Cesarean Awareness Network

Books and authors:

Ina May Gaskin, Midwife, founding member of The Farm in Summerton Tennesee

Ina May.s Guide to Childbirth

Spiritual Midwifery

Penny Simpkin, Birth Doula - founding member of DONA

The Birth Partner

Peggy O'mara

Local Resources

HypnoBirthing® Classes

West Michigan Midwifery Wonderful Certified Professional Midwife Jennifer Holshoe provides Family Centered Care for the Childbearing Year.

Hopscotch Children's Store - Providing an alternative for baby essentials and childhood playthings.

Childbirth Education - offered by Jenn Dewaard Birth Doula

Midwifery Matters - Certified Nurse Midwife Practice and Birth Center

Birthsong Midwifery - Homebirth Yolanda Visser CPM

ICAN of Grand Rapids - Local chapter of International Cesarean Awareness Network

Resources

Bella means beautiful and birth is exactly that. What makes a birth beautiful? You.

No matter if it’s a natural quick birth, an extended tough labor, or a cesarean section, your birth can be beautiful. An experience to treasure, a story to tell. Women who have good support are empowered to make informed decisions, feel in control and have beautiful births.

Whether this is your first baby or your family is growing, visualize what your Bellabirth would be. Take a few minutes to ask yourself the questions on the Birth Plan Worksheet maybe discuss them with your partner.

Resources for writing a Birth Plan

Local Resources

Bella means beautiful and birth is exactly that.
What makes a birth beautiful?
You.