by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Sep 18, 2019 | Childbirth Education, Podcast, Research
Come listen in as Dr. Vanessa Hildebrand and Hillary geek out about birth anthropology. They talk about a wide range of things from Dr. Hildebrand’s research on birthing in an Indonesian Village to what anthropology has to say about childbirth education. You even get...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Sep 11, 2019 | Birth Doula
It didn’t take long attending births before I realized that I had some little rituals I did afterward. At first I just wrote it off; Of course, I’d be hungry, I’d just worked really hard! Of course, I needed a shower! It was hard work and I felt grimy. It wasn’t until...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Sep 4, 2019 | Childbirth Education, Podcast, Research
You’re unlikely to ever meet anyone else like Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski. Some people call her the Sex Lady, probably because she’s presented sexuality education to over 230,000 young people, trained 10,000 peer educators and 7,000 young parents in her career....
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Aug 14, 2019 | Research
If you love birth and you’re fascinated by the research and the history of all things families, birth, and babies, you might be a birth geek! One of the classic signs is that you have a near insatiable desire for more knowledge to put into practice in your classes or...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jul 17, 2019 | Childbirth Education, Reviews
As a childbirth educator I’m often asked whether or not a family should use a contraction timer. We certainly talk about how to time contractions and what the different points in time mean as they pop this information. But actually having a physical timer in hand...
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