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Calm Birth
305 NE 6th Street #21
Grants Pass, OR 97526 USA
(541) 488-2563
fax (541) 476-3965

MCKANE SCOTT

PARENTS:
Tamara and David
BIRTH DATE:
October 10, 1998
BIRTH WEIGHT:
8 lbs 8 oz

Tamara's Experience

Tamara and David a young couple came to the CALM BIRTH™ program early in their first pregnancy. They applied the practices earnestly, desiring a natural childbirth. Unfortunately their OB nurse at the hospital misjudged the position of the baby in the uterus and encouraged premature pushing. This resulted in various difficulties and ended in a c-section delivery. However, Tamara was able to maintain an exceptional calm and clarity, which benefited all concerned. The child emerged calm and aware.

EXCERPTS FROM POSTNATAL INTERVIEW WITH TAMARA AND DAVID

David: We were 100% committed to the Calm Birth practice…It was in our psyche somewhere.

Tamara: In our systems…I felt empowered. [At the hospital] that was my main feeling of control, that I didn’t have to give my power away to the doctor, which I think I would have. If I didn’t have the Calm Birth™ training I would have been so freaked out, because this was my first time, and I would have given them more power than was necessary…That was my first impression of the class, about empowerment.

Tamara: Doing that deep belly breathing, which I can visualize would help a baby in the womb, to do that breathing and to send it that energy rather than a shallow, choppy kind of breathing. And I definitely was breathing that way as much as possible during the whole thing. I mean I had to.

Tamara: The Calm Birth™ audio guide took me into a space where I kept tuning into my womb…sending light to it. Visualizing the womb was definitely great, connecting me with what was going on inside my body, in a deeper level, feeding blessings to it.

Tamara: Calm Birth™ enforced in me that I didn’t have to do drugs, which was great to have that…because I think if we have empowered mommas we have empowered babies. (laughs)

David: I think you can be in a meditative state…while you’re going through this physical activity.

Tamara: Exactly…I didn’t feel so far out of it and I was directing the nurses to breathe with me.

Tamara: I know that Calm Birth™, just by listening to the audio guide, you know, don’t be afraid of the pain; breathe with the contraction. Don’t go against the contraction. That part made a lot of sense to me. Every time I would feel a contraction come on I was prepared for it. I was leaning into it and breathing into it…That part was very helpful.

Tamara: I was proud of myself. Laying on the table…I was smiling. The doctor said, look, you’re smiling. I felt radiant then. I was awake and talking. I felt connected to the doctors. It was a great experience.

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