by Stephanie Banguilan | Mar 6, 2014 | Attachment Parenting, birth, birth stories, childbirth, classes, easy birth, fast birth, Gentle Journeys Birthing, health, home birth, law of attraction, new parents, parenting, Stephanie Banguilan
I am SO HAPPY to announce that as of March 2014, I am “Dad Certified”! You may be thinking, “sounds awesome but what is dad certified”? Great Question but let me start with a little story first. There once was a guy who met a girl and...
by Stephanie Banguilan | Oct 27, 2013 | birth stories, blog, childbirth, classes, easy birth, fast birth, Gentle Jourenys Birthing, Gentle Journeys Birthing, health, home birth, hypnobabies, hypnobirthing, law of attraction, parenting, Stephanie Banguilan
So often in life, when we think about “catching something” we think about catching a cold or a flu but what if we could “catch so much more? What if our attitude was infectious? Well… it is. Most of us don’t even realize that we are...
by Stephanie Banguilan | Aug 24, 2013 | Atlanta Georgia, birth, birth stories, breech birth, c-section, Cesarean section, easy birth, Gentle Jourenys Birthing, Gentle Journeys Birthing, Georgia hospitals, hypnobabies, hypnobirthing, newborn procedures, parenting, Stephanie Banguilan
So often, when we are preparing for a natural birth, we forget to look at the “what if’s”. For most moms, the thought of a c-section is utterly terrifying so it’s good, no great to hear that there are other options. As much as we plan for and...
by Stephanie Banguilan | May 7, 2012 | birth stories, classes, easy birth, fast birth, Gentle Journeys Birthing, hypnobabies, hypnobirthing, law of attraction, Stephanie Banguilan, Uncategorized
A while ago I posted about doulas and what a doula really does: What Doulas “Do”. For this post, I’m going to talk about the importance of a Hypno-doula. Let me preface this by saying that all (good) hypno-doulas should also have the basic regular doula training...
by Stephanie Banguilan | Mar 5, 2012 | c-section, classes, easy birth, fast birth, Gentle Journeys Birthing, Stephanie Banguilan
So for this post, I’m going to take you back to the basics. If you are reading this blog, chances are that you know that I am a doula but you may be asking, “ok great. now what the heck is that and what does a doula really do?” If you are indeed...
by Stephanie Banguilan | Feb 15, 2011 | birth stories, c-section, classes, easy birth, Gentle Journeys Birthing, health, hypnobabies, Stephanie Banguilan, Uncategorized
At the beginning of 2011, I set a goal of doing 1 doula birth per month. Today is February 14 (Happy Valentine’s Day by the way) and I’ve already had 2 births. They were both very similar and yet SO different. 2 moms with about the same level of partner support,...