gigi- a local cumming LLL leader who lives only
minutes from the hospital said that they sent out a
slick magazine about the womens center and said in it
they offer water births! sounds like an outright lie
for sure- wonder if they meant it to be a bait and
switch.... they have NO tubs at all- not for bathing
or birthing!
--- Teresa Howard <georgiadoula@...> wrote:

> i directed it to the heads of administration and
> marketing for the
> hospital at HCA headquarters- the email that the
> womens center
> director gave me bounced but i sent it to the HCA
> healthcare contact
> us part of their website with the names of the two
> administrative
> people that sarah- the head of the womens center
> told me to send it
> to- after i told her how i felt about the decision.
> sad that they
> don't consult the very women who are using their
> facility regarding
> what they want!
>
> there is no birth center per se in atlanta- but
> north fulton regional
> and north pointe obgyn midwives offer the best care
> that atlanta has
> to offer in hospital births. visit them at
> www.npobgyn.com to read
> about the midwives and the hospital supports
> laboring and birthing in
> water!
>
> --- In alaboroflove_webgroup@yahoogroups.com,
> Katrina Kepf
> <katrina_kepf@...> wrote:
> >
> > Teresa,
> > I just got your letter and was wondering exactly
> who this was
> directed to.
> > I am new to the area, a Doula and RN and just
> found out that Atlanta
> does not even have a birthing center. In fact, I was
> declined a
> nursing position at Cobb because of my passionate
> views on natural
> childbirth.
> > I would love to speak with you.
> > Katrina
> > 770-944-9391
> >
> >
> >
> > Teresa Howard <georgiadoula@...> wrote:
> > My name is Teresa Howard. I am a
> certified labor
> > doula, lactation educator, Happiest Baby on the
> Block
> > instructor, certified postpartum doula and
> certified
> > childbirth educator. I support an average of 40
> women
> > in labor annually and teach over 70 couples. I was
> > excited to hear we were getting a new hosital in
> my
> > area.
> >
> > Currently I do about 80% of my labor support at
> North
> > Fulton Regional, a local Roswell hospital. The
> reason
> > my clients drive from quite a few distances- from
> > Gainesville, Powder Springs, Kennesaw, East Point,
> > Jonesboro and beyond to go there is due to their
> > wonderful midwives who support women in their
> choice
> > to labor and even birth in a birthing tub.
> >
> > I was so disappointed that in the design for the
> new
> > facility of John's Creek they somehow did not take
> > into consideration the idea of hydrotherapy for
> pain
> > relief. This is hard to believe since the
> statistics
> > show how wonderful water and especially a tub can
> > provide great relief in labor to a mom.
> >
> > So, while facilities around you- Gwinnett with
> their
> > jacuzzi tubs, and North Fulton with their
> wonderful
> > labor and birth tubs, you guys somehow did not
> take
> > into consideration that women want these things in
> > labor. Everyone is not looking for narcotics and
> > epidurals for pain relief. The fact that you
> failed to
> > put tubs into the labor rooms makes me wonder what
> > your epidural rates will be, and then what your
> > cesarean rates will be.
> >
> > Shame on you for your lack of considering what
> women
> > want. The birthing suites should have more input
> from
> > those who will actually be using them. I don't
> think
> > that happened here. I will look forward to you
> > incorporating and retrofitting the rooms with
> tubs- if
> > you build it they will come.
> >
> > Teresa Howard, CLD, CLE, CPD, CCCE (CAPPA), CD
> (DONA), CHBE
> > Labor of Love Doula and Childbirth Services, Inc.
> > www.alaboroflove.org
> > www.laborofloveshack.com
> > 770-923-6914
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Teresa Howard, CLD, CLE, CPD, CCCE (CAPPA), CD (DONA), CHBE
Labor of Love Doula and Childbirth Services, Inc.
www.alaboroflove.org
www.laborofloveshack.com
770-923-6914



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