Archive for October 29th, 2007

What is DIC (Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy) at birth?

I got curious when I learned one of my sturdents had DIC. When I asked my OB friend what it ment. She said DIC means disseminated intravascular coagulation. That means that the mother’s situation is critical and is bleeding internally.
Later when I asked my student what had happened, I learned that after she gave birth […]

Todays Daily Bread

Many of God’s gifts are in the form of opportunities that we must recognize and then act upon. Lord, I will never say that You don’t answer my prayers, but I will pray that I will recognize Your answers.

An Epidural Birth can be just as gratifying to a mom

I woke up 4:30am to find a message in my cellular phone. It is time for me to go to the hospital! One of my student’s, let’s call her by the name of Doris, who had asked me earlier to be her doula, that’s a birth coach, had admitted herself in Medical City. I called […]

Quite Time with the Lord

Quiet time with the Lord is so very important. It is a time when one can read His word, the bible, and get to know Him better, what He wants from us and how we fit in His perfect will. It is a time of prayer and reflection, confession and in strenghtening ones self for […]