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Yoga Benefit – Louisville

November 1, 2013

Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:00am – 11:30am Rainbow Blossom Natural Market, 3046 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205 – upstairs in the community room Laura Patterson will be teaching a yoga class to benefit Kentucky Home Birth Coalition and our work to license Certified Professional Midwives in KY. Laura is a Tandava yoga teacher with many years of experience teaching in Louisville, KY. Her attention to alignment and insightful commentary will be a great way to start off your Saturday morning.…

Call for online auction donations

October 1, 2013

Mary Kathryn

Fundraiser, Get Involved

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The Kentucky Home Birth Coalition will be hosting an online auction to raise money to hire a lobbyist for our next legislative session. We need as many high quality, lovely donated items as possible to reach our goal. Do you or someone you know have items to donate? Examples include: handmade goods; jewelry; gift certificates to a local business, restaurant, or for services; “birthy” items; baby gear; etc. Be creative! Want to donate? Please send the following information to auction@kentuckyhomebirthcoalition.com no later…

The Home Birth of Eleanor

September 22, 2013

Mary Kathryn

Birth Stories

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Thank you to Amy for sharing the 2011 Kentucky home birth story of Eleanor. Eleanor was born in Lexington, KY. —————————————————————- Toning contractions had been happening since the 5th month of pregnancy, and had been rather intense the last few weeks. A couple of times I thought, “This might be it,” but since it was our 5th child, I knew better than to get too excited too early. So when I felt my 1st “real” contraction while grocery shopping with…