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Babies' & Children's Health, Dealing with Infants & Kids, Nurturing a Family, Nurturing a Relationship, Pregnancy & Birth, Women's Health

Robin Snyder-Drummond is certified as a childbirth educator, a doula and as a lactation counselor. She has been teaching prenatal, postpartum and breastfeeding classes for fourteen years, active as a doula for the past eight. She co-founded Birthready.com, a network of independent childbirth professionals and resources for expectant and new families. She is a member of the Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators (ALACE), Doulas of North America (DONA), vice-president for the Boston Association of Childbirth Educators and a counselor for the Nursing Mothers Council 24 hour hotline. This year Robin is the captain of her soccer team, The Mighty, which makes her ... Captain Mighty.

 

Your health is your greatest wealth. Your finances, marriage, social standing, religion, location can all change. But if you understand and respect your body, you will always have a sense of your own power. That's not power as in super-hero. It's the subtle power one enjoys just being alive in the world, of being able to do things yourself because you can (and sometimes you have to). Pregnancy, birth, childrearing... those are all sources of power if we approach them with good health and love.

Robin Snyder-Drummond's Articles

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