Post by
Amy Catania on January 23rd, 2010
I came home late tonight to a quiet house after spending the last 26+ hours providing labor support. Partner and kids are already tucked in bed for the night – so my birthday has passed by here for my family without me. And I am kind of sad about that. We will have to make [...]
Post by
Amy Catania on November 6th, 2009
In my birth preparation classes I often discuss the concept of “entrainment“, or the phenomenon that takes place when two forces influence each other so that, over time, they move in the same way or with the same rhythm. When one force is stronger it more easily pulls the smaller force in line with itself.
One [...]
Post by
Amy Catania on August 7th, 2009
I read a lot a fabulous blogs and want to repost more often than I actually manage to do it. As I am beginning the reworking of ChicagoDoula.net to include more fabulous activism and information, this post from a new contributor at Feministe stood out: “So, What is Feminist Mothering?”
If you are a Chicago feminist, [...]
Post by
Amy Catania on July 2nd, 2009
Now that summer is here, my posting has been lighter than ever. My stats suggest some of you may have noticed, so I offer by way of excuse, a brief, but by no means complete, overview of what your friendly Chicago-area doula-birth mentor-mama-domestic violence and anti-oppression trainer and sometime trouble maker has been up to:
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