Aloha kakou! Kahikoluamea was born on October 9th - delivered by C-section after the midwife discovered she was a footling breech and didn't want to risk turning her since this was my first pregnancy. Lulu-girl was 2 weeks early from her due date and
Read more…Aloha kakou! We are now 11 weeks hapai! It's our hiapo so we are very excited about everything. Any suggestions on diet and exercise is much welcome - or just if you like talk story. We are going to have a home birth here in Florida. Even though I so
Read more…Aloha mai e na wahine u'i........ I hope that you and your 'ohana had a fabulous Christmas and now as the New Year approches, you are putting all of your 08' "stuffs" in a box for storage. As for me, my "stuff" includes some bad attitudes; unrealist
Read more…Aloha kakou! My name is Kamea. I'm an aspiring midwife who is committed on coming back home to dedicate my services to our community. I wasn't raised in the 'aina and I wasn't fortunate to grow up hearing the old stories or learning the ways of my ku
Read more…Aloha mai kakou, It's been a long time since we've wala'au. Life has been hectic here on Kauai for my 'ohana and I this summer. I hope that you are are also settling back into routines that are more stable. I am now in my 30th week of pregnancy and
Read more…Aloha kakou, The intention of this thread is to share any info about grants, stipends, programs, community resources, etc related to na mea wahine & na mea hanau. I was encouraged (mahalo e lorilani & kaliko;) to start this thread after posting on t
Read more…In case you haven't heard about it, here's a link to the film "The Business of Being Born": http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/ In March we screened it on O'ahu and got a great turnout....Lots of people there to learn about and support mom-empowe
Read more…Is it just me, or does anyone else have a problem with the fact that virtually all rights of women are signed away upon entry to a maternity unit, and that most women do not even know what rights they've given up? I myself was lucky enough not to hav
Read more…Aloha mai kakou....I am suffering from insomnia this beautiful Tuesday morning, and I'm writing to request if anyone knows of anyone who has had a VBAC - homebirth. I am currently in my 22 week of pregnancy and planning to have a VBAC assisted of cou
Read more…Does anyone know (or know anybody who knows) the actual usage of hau slime? Especially anyone known to have ever used it for birth? I can't figure out if it's supposed to be oral or vaginal, and I did not try it myself (note: kukui oil is awesome, th
Read more…Aloha mai kakou, I thoguht that perhaps the first discussion could be around resources. I've had 2 homebirths, one in Hilo and one in Anahola. I personally know of 8 midwives and 3 doulas on both of these islands. I am trying to gather this informati
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