FAQ

Welcome to the Mama Birth About/FAQ page!  

As it turns out, nobody has ever asked me anything or seems to want to know "about" me.  Despite that, there are some things I want to lay out there.  And, since nobody asks questions, I made some up.

Here goes....

Who is Mama Birth?

Well, thanks for asking!  I am just a mom.  But I think that being a mom is pretty great.  I have four children and they are about as wonderful as they can be with a flawed mother.  My first was born in a hospital, my second in a birth center, my third at home and my last at home again, but this time an unexpected unassisted birth.  All were born with joy and without pain relief medication.

Because I was so enthralled by my birth experiences I wanted to share that joy with others.  A few years later I became certified to teach The Bradley Method.  You can read about my current classes here.

But now I am teaching the new and better than anything else BIRTH BOOT CAMP!!! natural childbirth classes- and I love them.   And they offer online classes if you can't attend live!

Yes- I think you should take a birth class! 

And once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away, I got a degree in Anthropology.  And yes, despite the fact that some have called me kinda dumb, I DID take a statistics class, thank you very much!

What the heck!  Why are you so opinionated about natural birth?  I don't like judgmental people like you.  

Ouch.  (I have heard this one a few times.)  I am pretty opinionated about natural birth.  This post explains why.

Yes, I love natural birth.  I don't think it is easy, but I do think it is doable and I do think it is worth it.  I don't  preach this stuff because I think I am better than anybody, but I do think it is pretty dang tragic that women are missing out on what can be an incredible experience and instead are experiencing something mediocre, tragic, or just blah.  Can medicated birth be kick butt?  Probably so.  But I only have experience with natural birth, and that, I KNOW rocks.

I find your posts very insulting.  Why are you so mean?

For the record, I don't know you, I have never met you, you don't know me, and the post isn't about YOU. I judge the system, but I never name individual women, especially women who comment on my page!  I will however admit to a mean streak.  It isn't as big as my sarcastic streak, but it exists.

Oh my gosh, your blog is freaking awesome!  I want to give you money to advertise my product!  Where do I sign?

I am so excited!  Yes, you can advertise on my page.  Unless you are selling c-sections, epidurals, or "I hate home birth" T-shirts, I would love to take your money.  You can e-mail me at mamabirth09@yahoo.com.  There is additional info about this and can be found here.
(As it turns out I am also unwilling to advertize tummy tucks, personal vibrators, or bottles that look like breasts or anything else along those lines.  And I thought I would do anything for money.)

What do you talk about on your blog?

Mostly I talk about natural birth and how awesome it is.  Occasionally I  go on about the funny things that happen to me that have to do with my day job as a mom of four.  And every once in a while I wax emotional about the beauties of motherhood and the spiritual side of parenting.  Nobody reads those posts, but I put them up none the less.  I also LOVE to share positive birth stories.  You can e-mail yours to me.  You can find over 100 birth stories on this blog, most of them here.

Hey- who does your editing?  Do they smoke weed because there are LOTS of errors.

Umm....I do my editing and no, I don't smoke weed.  I just post late at night and nobody reads it over for me.  Sometimes my dad will send me grievous mistakes that I make.  As it turns out, it is really hard to notice your own mistakes when you wrote it, and it is midnight, and you got five hours of broken sleep the night before.  Well, at least it is for me.  You can gently e-mail me any mistakes- I DO correct and I DO really try not to give out inaccurate information.

There are some beautiful pictures on your blog!  Can I steal them?

Please don't.  Many of my pictures are from my FABULOUS readers!  They donate them for use on the blog.  They gave me permission to use them, but sadly, not you.  You can leave pictures you would like to share on the Mama Birth Facebook page or you can e-mail them to me.  I love sharing your amazing pics and I always need more.

How can I contact you?

I am really not that sensitive of a person, nor do I answer all my e-mails.  Life gets busy and I blog for fun.  It makes me feel special.  But--- you can e-mail me at mamabirth09@yahoo.com

If you would like a fabulous group of women to learn from and soak up their wisdom, I strongly recommend the Mama Birth Facebook page.  They are nicer than me, more sympathetic, and they say a lot of stuff I agree with.