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AMANI Birth Affiliate Spotlight: Afnan AlSaleh

AMANI Birth Affiliate Number: K550144 Training Location: Kuwait Date of Training: January 2017 AMANI Birth profile: https://amanibirth.com/Afnan.alsaleh/ Why did you choose to become an AMANI Doula/CBE? We didn’t have enough childbirth educators in the community. How has AMANI affected your life? AMANI Birth has affected me as a mother. My birthing experiences are so powerful and controlled by me. As an educator, I’m blessed with all the duas; grateful, happy, and content families and the whole vibe of female empowerment. How does your work as an AMANI Doula/CBE fulfill you? I love how a few hours of education can [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-10-01T13:21:00+00:00Tags: affiliate spotlight, AMANI Birth Changing Lives, Autonomous Birth, cbe, doula|0 Comments

Realities of Becoming a Birth Consumer

Realities of Becoming a Birth Consumer By Umm Layth The problem with learning about the many choices we have during labor and birth is actually finding care providers who will honor the ones we want to make. And when I say care providers, I don’t just mean doctors or midwives. I mean anyone and everyone who plays a part in the care we receive. For example, just this week I learned that my insurance company, which was chosen for me by the state I live in, doesn’t cover home births. I also learned that my particular state doesn’t allow free-standing [...]

Sharon Yearwood2020-03-13T03:13:40+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth, Babies, Childbirth Education, Childbirth Educator, doula, Doula Training, Doulas|0 Comments

Sharing the Miracle of Natural Birth

By: Aisha Al Hajjar, AMANI Birth Founder During my eighth pregnancy I was living in the Egypt where childbirth education was virtually unheard of, general anesthesia for second stage labor was still used for many cases, and elective cesareans was the trend. I felt compelled to bring quality childbirth education to the women of this region. However, I was expecting to find a lot of obstacles and I wasn’t sure if women would be interested in non-medicated, natural birth. I also knew it would be difficult to find supportive obstetricians. I prayed that my work would improve the births for [...]

Sharon Yearwood2019-11-13T15:18:45+00:00Tags: AMANI Birth, Childbirth Education, Childbirth Educator, doctors, doula, Doula Training, Egypt, training|0 Comments

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AMANI Birth Affiliate Spotlight: Afnan AlSaleh

Realities of Becoming a Birth Consumer

Sharing the Miracle of Natural Birth