Recent blog posts written by Simone Snyder
Last days Last night I was lying in bed trying to sleep but just kept thinking -Ina May Gaskin taught me how to measure fundal height! It was like a dream-or actually it was a dream and I made it a reality. I think about all of the lives that have been changed by coming [...]
September 26, 2010
Written by Simone Snyder
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The Farm-Day 4 A surprise When we think of The Farm most of us think of Ina May. Even if you have read Spiritual Midwifery and have met the other midwives we don’t always remember their names. After this trip I know that I will never forget Pamela Hunt. She was on the original caravan [...]
September 25, 2010
Written by Simone Snyder
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Honorary Hippie Today was what I think a lot of us were waiting for. Though I am quite content just to be on this legendary farm with these legendary women-some of us really came here to acquire some skills. I had never taken blood pressure before so that was really fun and have been practicing [...]
September 22, 2010
Written by Simone Snyder
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Mighty Midi-Men Being a family friendly environment most of the women who are here for the workshop brought their families. My husband is here with my youngest son and he was hanging out at the swimming hole with two other of the attendee’s families. One of the local guys concocted a name for them-he said [...]
September 22, 2010
Written by Simone Snyder
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Chiggers, Tics, & Birth All I kept hearing about from the day I received my enrollment packet to the day I arrived in the home where we would be staying on the farm was to watch out for chiggers and tics. The woman at the welcome center asked “did the midwives tell you about chiggers [...]
September 22, 2010
Written by Simone Snyder
Community , Education , Pregnancy and Birth , Travel
Seven months ago a friend and fellow doula sent me an email which read-“we should just do it, let’s go to the farm.” The farm she was referring to is none other than Ina May Gaskin’s Farm Midwifery Center. And we are going-in less than two weeks. I was a tad worried at first because my [...]
September 7, 2010
Written by Simone Snyder
Community , Education , Pregnancy and Birth