Monday, September 23, 2013

Beautiful Birth from One Tree Photography (Doula: Kristin Dibeh from Kind Birth)

I really wanted to share this with my Belly Blossom Families!

This birth is near and dear to my heart, as my doula, Kristin, was the doula here, and it took place at the same birth center where Violet was born, Eastside Birth Center, in Bellevue, WA.

Please Enjoy!

Summer's Birth and One Tree Photography

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Good Mothers Don't Ask Questions, article from ImprovingBirth.org


Good Mothers Don't Ask Questions suggests that we change the way we look at what it means to be good mother through education and support. And poses the question: Why are we still struggling to have the right to-be-informed and make decisions that feel authentic and healthy from our own perspectives, experiences, and knowledge about our own bodies when it comes to maternal care? This is a short, really well-written article. 

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Expecting Kindness Childbirth Education Series at Village Pediatrics starting October 9th 2013


I am so excited to invite you to my very first 8-week comprehensive childbirth education series for expectant parents in Issaquah this October, called Expecting Kindness. 


Expecting Kindness, written by Kristin Dibeh, is a childbirth curriculum focused on a kind, holistic, family-centered approach to maternal health, childbirth, and early newborn care. The 8 weeks series covers prenatal health, detailed discussion of each stage of labor and delivery, variations that might cause intervention and how to avoid them, guidance through writing a birth plan, healing from labor, and breastfeeding and other newborn care in the first few days after birth. Each class will run about 2 hours. To preview the Expecting Kindness curriculum on Amazon.com, click here, no need to purchase for the class, as it will be provided for those who attend.


The series will take place at Village Pediatrics, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioners located in Gilman Village that can be accessed from the southwest parking lot near the Issaquah Coffee Company.

 
 The series will begin Wednesday, October 9, 2013 and run thru November 27, 2013
Specific dates are 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27
Series starts at 6:30 PM and will go to about 8:30 PM

This series costs $300

To sign up for series please contact me either by Email: bellyblossomdoula@live.com

A special thank you to Staci Scott and Kristina Garrido for opening Village Pediatrics and Village Family Clinic & Wellness Center as a new home for teaching Expecting Kindness Childbirth Education. And to Kristin Dibeh for putting your life work onto paper, and for sharing your experience and wisdom so that other birth professionals can journey alongside women and their families, empowering them to reach their healthy birth goals and to intuitively transition into parenthood.  

I look forward to sharing this amazing piece of work with expectant parents in our community. My mission is to empower women and their families to realize the strength and wisdom that already lives inside each of us, to inspire a healthy vision for the birth process through education, discussion, and application, and to offer support and encouragement to all.
 



Shine Bright,

Melissa Tuton
Belly Blossom Doula

 


 

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Kind Birth Services, Kristin Dibeh: Collaboration

Kind Birth Services, Kristin Dibeh: Collaboration: My word of the day. I had the awesome privilege today of meeting with two incredible women/professionals. Now, I have always said that I ...


From my dear friend and partner! Please read!!!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Village Pediatrics (Now excepting new patients!!!!)

Good Afternoon Friends,

I am privileged to welcome Staci Scott, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with Village Pediatrics in Gilman Village in Issaquah, to our community!

Staci is extremely passionate about pediatrics. Her medical interests include asthma, cardiology, and infant and child growth and development. She is a huge supporter of breastfeeding, integrated medicine, and healthy births, which you know I am excited about!!!

Village Pediatrics has opened their doors to Belly Blossom Doula to teach Kind Birth's Expecting Kindness Childbirth Education Series this October-November (schedule coming soon, please stay tuned).

If you are looking for genuine, quality, individualized care for your precious child(ren), in your neighborhood, please call her or visit her website today, where you can read her bio, register online, make appointments, and view insurance providers she is covered under. You and your child(ren) will be so happy you did.


Staci Scott's Contact Information:

Village Pediatrics, PLLC
317 NW Gilman Blvd Suite 48
Issaquah, WA 98027

425.996.3396 ~ Fax 425.274.7294
Please visit www.villagepediatrics.biz for more info, to register and make appointments.

Staci Scott
ARNP, CPNP, MSN