Sweet Peas, Pods & Papas
Birth Story
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Stephanie Stanley and Jessica Franks, ICAN Phoenix Co-Leaders: Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:02 PM
 I open today's post with the reminder that April is Cesarean Awareness Month.
The World Health Organization and evidence-based practice only supports a
cesarean rate of 15% or less. While a cesarean birth can be life saving and
necessary, and we are so grateful for the technology when our students need
this intervention, we encourage you to know the difference between a variation
and complication. Is Mom okay? Is Baby okay? If yes to both questions, asking
for time can spare both Mom and Baby from an
"unnecesarean". |
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Cassandra Okamoto: Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2013 6:48 AM
Bruss and I would like to welcome Cassandra to the Sweet Pea Births Family. She will be a regular contributor to the blog and you will start seeing her around the internet on ourother social mediaplatforms. I am looking forward to sharing her areas of expertise with our students and readers. Bienvenidos, Cassandra! ~KRB
 Hi, I am Cassandra Okamoto and I am a new contributing
writer here at Sweet Pea Births! I thought I would tell you all a little bit
about myself & then share my birth story, which just happened to take place
almost exactly one year ago. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:55 PM
 We welcomed “our” first baby from our Winter Series – it is
always a thrill to hear a Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby birth story. It is even more exciting to see the joy
radiated in the face of the transformed new mother, the proud new father, and
then see the fruits of their labor snuggled up in mama’s or papa’s arms. There is one important thing we want to convey to families. The day of your baby’s birth is the birth of
your family. With subsequent babies, it
is still the birth of your next family, as a family of __, whichever number
that happens to be. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012 2:39 PM
The key to The Bradley Method® is relaxation. As such the coursework teaches about three types of relaxation. I summarize them this way:
- Physical - release of muscular tension
- Mental - going to your "happy place"
- Emotional - safety, acceptance, surrender
Our third child taught us what emotional relaxation was. We had planned to conceive our first two children. Although having a third child was on the horizon, we had not "started trying"...here is Bryan's birth story: |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 4:52 PM
 We have now had 28 students complete our Bradley Method®
classes and birth their babies through seven class series – pretty awesome to
know that 28 youngsters are blessed with parents who took the time to give them
healthy pregnancies and Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby births.
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Bruss Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:55 PM
 Coaches CornerToday's post is from Bruss' perspective. He led class on Monday and told a story he had never shared in a class setting before...here it is along with an introduction that shares the line of thinking that went along with the story...
An important part of The Bradley Method® (some say the most important) is relaxation.
The superficial view I had of relaxation going into our first Bradley class and subsequent birth was that of *physical* relaxation. Krystyna and I were/are regular Yoga practitioners and my mental picture of relaxation was the final Yoga posture where one lays prone on the floor after a hard workout where the only option is total physical relaxation.
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:00 PM
Spring is around the corner…and it’s time for a new set of
families to join us on the journey towards their birth. I get so nervous before our first class that
I don’t even eat dinner…and when class is over I realize that we have been blessed
with another great group of folks and that I am really hungry!
As we enter our third year of teaching, a few things have
become clear to me about what we do. The
overarching message of The Bradley Method® is not just natural birth – it’s
about the Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby outcome. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC and Jennifer Hanson: Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 9:21 PM
 I am
grateful to Jennifer and Devin Hanson for giving me permission to add their
birth story to our Birth Story Archive.
Their generosity is premiering our first twin story. They have an inspiring story that is a testament to faith and belief in
your body, your coach and your birth team.
Jennifer
was also kind enough to share some thoughts about Bradley Method® classes, care providers and life as a momma
of twins. Read our “virtual interview”
below the links to her birth story. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:32 PM
Our students are coming down the home stretch in their
pregnancies!! We invited some alumni
from our last class to come share their birth story tonight so that our
students could hear from the parents fresh from the birth experience.
Their story brought up an interesting point that was echoed
by some of our current students. What do
you do when uninvited guests show up at your birth? How do you keep them from coming in the first
place?
This is a touchy subject – how do you tell your loving
family or your devoted friend that this is not the time when you want to see
them? |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, October 14, 2011 5:19 AM
My mom
arrived from Chicago to relieve my aunt at around 4:00 pm on Friday afternoon.
She came in to see how I was doing. She asked, “How are things going?”
which of course started the tears again. Being a woman of great faith,
she said a beautiful prayer over us, then gave me a kiss and left the room to
go take care of the kiddos. I pulled myself together and decided I wanted
to go see our children. I missed them and one of the benefits of a
homebirth is having those you love near to you. |
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