Is anyone aware of Childbirth classes in Ankara? I am new to Turkey and am studying to become a Childbirth Educator and Doula. I need to attend a 12 hour class...
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Gunnur Basar
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Mar 6, 2008 9:10 pm
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Hello all! I am SO thrilled to have found this group! I am newly pregnant, a Canadian living in Ankara for two years. We will likely stay here for the birth of...
Hi Stacey, When will you complete your doula training? As you might have seen in my post today, I'm looking for a midwife/doula in Ankara! Any help/info you...
Dear Elyssa, Welcome to our little "community"! I am a French/American midwife in Bursa (not close to Ankara, unfortunately!). If you are willing to travel a...
Thanks so much for all the information! I will look into all the leads (the website looks very interesting!), and will start to make some decisions in the...
Merhaba, Didi Ananada Uttama Yoga Shala'da, Doğuma Yoga ile hazırlık konusuna ilgi duyanlara iletirseniz sevinirim, Detaylı bilgi ekte, Sevgiler Zeynep...
Gunnur Basar
gunnuron@...
Apr 8, 2008 9:28 am
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Hi, I'm in a similar boat. I'm in Ankara and would like to have a midwife-assisted homebirth, but this would be my first child (actually, I'm still trying to...
Hmmm...are you the Elyssa in the East Campus Lojman group? I've seen messages from an Elyssa, and that's not a common name in Turkey! If so, I live on east...
LS -- if you manage to find an English-speaking midwife in Ankara, I'd really appreciate it if you could pass along her name/phone number... I've had no luck...
Hey, I just found this message today! And yep, that's me! What a coincidence! If you like, you can email me at my Bilkent address (username: danae). I'd love...
Wow! Crazy coincidence! Actually, I'm not even pregnant yet, but my husband and I are trying to conceive. I haven't had a need to visit any doctors just...
If I find one, I sure will. Have you found any Turkish-only speaking midwives who practice in Ankara? If no English-speaking midwives in Ankara can be found,...
Hello everybody, There was a problem with my membership recently and I couldn't send mails, I don't know why. I canceled and joined again its ok now. I have 2...
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURENCE AND TO YOU, DR. COKER! We're mighty proud, as we'd say "back home" in Texas! Please send us a link to the newspaper articles and/or...
Thanks we organized a press meeting 10 days after the birth.It took a lot of attention.We were on most of the national newspapers.But more than a naturel...
You may be aware that Ricki Lake made a documentary about natural birth called "The Business of Being Born". It can be viewed in its entirety here: ...
I was wondering if anybody saw the story on the television news about a hospital water birth? I saw it just a glimse of it the day before Dr Hakan Coker's...
That hospital with waterbirth experiences is the governmen hospital called Zekai Tahir Burak Dogumevi and this is the we site www.ztb.gov.tr/ They accept...
I noticed that a hospital in Ankara does waterbirths as well, but that they won't accept a first-time mother. What is the justification for that? I asked the...
As stupid as it sounds, they want a mother with a "proven pelvis," one that they are sure can adequately accomodate a baby. What a load of hooey. As if each...
Hi, I'm 19 weeks pregnant and getting a little bit stressed about my ante-natal care to date and where I'm actually going to give birth. So far I've been...
The reason is , in Turkey doctors and nurses are used to control everything in birth, They are scared of trusting a women and her instincs. This means taking...
Merhaba everybody, I'm glad to say that I will do my best to help Victoria here in Bursa. If we're part of this group, it's because we're "all in this...
You summarized most of the problems about birthing in Turkey. I also feel very sorry for the members that participate in my course. After the course they feel...
Will the course be in Ankara? My husband and I are still trying to conceive, but knowing how difficult it may be to find a childbirth course when we actually...