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Haiti Blog
For those of you interested in following my trip to Haiti, I started a new blog that I hope to update every couple days. I return in March!
http://andaluzhaiti.wordpress.com/
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Haiti in 12 days…
I leave for Haiti February 19th. I am gathering supplies and asking for donations to buy tarps, tents, vitamins, formula, etc. The birth center will donate all the medical supplies needed. Email me for details if you can donate. I will be staying in Hinche and traveling from there doing mobile prenatal clinics (this means [...]
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25 babies, 2 breech, 0 cesareans
From January 1 – 31 we had 25 babies born at the birth centers. Both breeches were planned and had APGAR scores of 10/10 (Ok, those were born at home because of birth center laws, but I had to include them in here). Everyone had a vaginal birth. Way to go momma’s and babies and midwives!
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Twins in less than two hours
I was driving to a midwife meeting today when I got the call “Contractions just started and are 8 minutes apart.” I let my client know I’ll keep my phone right next to me and be ready to leave my meeting at a moments notice. Fifteen minutes later her husband calls, “Contractions are every 2 [...]
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Where did November go?
Oh… I’m not so good at keeping up with this blogging thing! So, November has been busy. Actually, October was as well. In the past 60 days we have had 45 Andaluz babies born! (57 due during October and November, but of course some babies are waiting to spill into December). Maybe that’s part of [...]
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A fast breech birth
Today we had a first time mom have a planned breech birth at home, in a warm pool of water. I got the call this morning saying she had just started early labor with contractions every 6 – 8 minutes apart. She was still chatty and sounded excited, and we told her to call us [...]
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5 babies in 1 day
Today we had 5 babies born, including a planned breech birth and the birth of the first baby of one of our midwives, Jesica. It was a busy morning with 3 momma’s water’s (amniotic fluid) breaking within 10 minutes of each other around 6am. All the midwives were busy taking care of women in labor [...]
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Paint Colors for Portland Birth Center
So, I keep getting requests for the paint colors in Portland. Everything excepting Tierra is from Miller Paints the Devine line. Here goes:
Reception is Teak and Oak. Reception bathroom & kitchen is Blush. Brisa Room is in Reflection. Solana Room is in Cashew. Hallway is in Oak. Florencia is Reflection. Ella’s Room is in Brick. Tierra room is in Miller Rediscover [...]
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Our new site is being uploaded today!
Our new website is being uploaded today, September 8th, and should be fully functioning today or tomorrow. Please visit us again later to see our new and improved website! Thank you to everyone who helped with this huge project the past few months. Needmore Design for making it, Fernando and Jennifer for designing it, Luisa Vega [...]
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Back from Haiti & successful potluck