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From Peaceful Beginnings

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the website for P e a c e f u l B e g i n n i n g s.

What’s available here is a collection of several of the more popular and useful articles and information sheets that I wrote and/or put together during the 1970’s and 80’s for use in childbirth education classes, for the expectant and/or new parent clientele of health care providers, and for educating the general public.

Please feel free to download and/or print and duplicate any or all of the following articles for free or at cost distribution to others in whatever capacity is useful for you. However, please do not include any article on another website or in a printed publication without my personal permission.

For further information on the history and background of these articles click here .

To e-mail me with any further questions or suggestions please contact me at Rosemary@Gci.Net .

Thank you for your interest and continuing efforts to educate new and future parents and to make this world a more loving, welcoming place for future generations.

Sincerely, Rosemary Romberg

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Articles Available:

About these articles (their history, use, etc.)

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Pregnancy & Birth:

How to Survive the First Trimester of Pregnancy
Birth Choices (Hospital, Home, or Birth Center?)
Considerations for Hospital Birth
Questions for Midwives (or other Birth Attendants)
Supplies for Home Birth
Labor Guide
Emergency Childbirth
Coping with “Back” Labor **Will be available soon**
Induced Labors and Cesarean Births
Postpartum Care (What to Expect After the Baby is Born)

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Infant Care:

Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding and Bottle Feeding - Some Considerations **Will be available soon**
Caring for Your Baby's Genitals
The Infant's and Child's Bill of Rights
Cloth Diapers **Will be available soon**

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Miscellaneous Articles:

Decision From Marian Thompson, Founder and Past President of La Leche League International, about her circumcision decision.
Coping With Perinatal Loss (Miscarriages,stillbirths, or infant deaths. Includes the author's personal account of three miscarriages. Also lists many helpful suggestions.)
Childbirth Education Suggestions (Includes questions for childbirth educators and hypothetical situations for use in classes)
My Ten Years in Childbirth Education (Rosemary's personal account)
The Making of a Home Birth Mother and Birth Alternatives Advocate
Hospital Birth After Two Home Births (Rosemary's personal story of the birth of her fifth baby, Kevin, in 1985, following two tragic miscarriages.)
The Birth of Melissa Ann (The account of Rosemary's 6th baby - a water birth at home in 1989.)