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About Babies:
The
Importance of Skin to Skin Contact
Ask the Professional:
Postpartum Blues ~ Help!
Charis Cuisine:
Mom's Baked Apples
Kids Korner:
Lily's Story
Our Charis Family:
Michelle Kaufman
Pregnancy and Birth:
Is Homebirth Safe?
Tidbits from Ebony
"The Darkest Place"
Adventures in Madagascar
God's Timing Is Perfect!
Newsletter Archives ~
August,2006
September,2006
Our
Newsletter
Charis invites you to contribute to our
growing newsletter.
What a fun family venture! Check out each section and see what
you might have to offer. Post your Charis workshops and
gatherings here, also. If you'd like your babies' pictures to
be featured in our regular sections, the Charis Newsletter
would be honored!
Submissions need to be made by the 5th
of each month for that month's publication on the 15th.
Send Newsletter contributions to:
Midwifery Academics Course
Charis Childbirth Services
is pleased to announce the launching of
our
MIDWIFERY academics course in 2007!!!
Now, women
who desire to prepare well for the NARM exam, a requirement to
obtain the credential of Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), can
enjoy a comprehensive course that is designed with the highest
standards of excellence and that is written from a Christian
perspective.
This course is designed and written by Susan Oshel, CPM, who has
been serving childbearing families for over 3 decades. We are so
blessed and so excited to have Susan as part of the Charis family!
Check our
website by the end of 2006 for the exact date of launching.
www.CharisChildbirth.org
Contact Susan Oshel
for more
details:
(757)271-1247 or (407)574-3645
Susan
Oshel
Mark Your Calendars
Come join the staff, volunteers, and
board members of the Care Net Resource Pregnancy Centers, Inc.
as we walk to bring awareness and understanding of our free services
and programs for young women and men. The Walk for Life is on
Saturday, October 21st, at New Quarter Park, Yorktown, VA. Check In
is at 8:15 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Bring the whole
family for a morning of fun, face painting, and prizes. For more
information contact Della Field at (757)456-5175 or
Childbirth Educator Workshop ~
Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
(for aspiring childbirth educators)
for details, contact:
Celebrating Women &
Daughters - October 20, 21, 2006 at West End Alliance Church in
Richmond, VA. Conference is open to all ages of
women - 12 on up is ideal. We
will cover a lot of issues surrounding the blessing of menses,
trusting the process of birth, erasing a spirit of fear in
birthing and how to serve one another - just to name a few!
Please join us by registering online at
www.motherwisebirth.org.
For more information,
contact Charis member Doran Richards
.
(Parts of this conference qualify for Charis
continuing education contact hours. E-mail Kristin Schuchmann if
you would like to get contact hours for your attendance.)
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Kristin Schuchmann
As I
was driving down the street yesterday, I noticed the leaves of the
dogwood trees beginning to turn red. In Virginia Beach, they are
usually the first leaves to begin to change color in the Fall. I
thought to myself, "Well, this is my last Autumn. I want to enjoy
every moment of it." You see, our family is moving to sunny
Florida in the Spring or Summer of 2007 to plant a church. There
is no change of seasons where we will be living. It is hot in the
summer and warm in the winter. Since this is our last Fall, I've
been coming up with ideas of ways we can thoroughly enjoy this
season: a trip to Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains to
see the leaves changing color, raking a big pile of leaves for the
kids to jump in, roasting pumpkin seeds, etc. I don't want to
waste a single moment of it. My mind hasn't even begun to think
about Winter yet. That's the next season-- and I don't want
to miss out on this one because I'm planning for the next one like
I have done so many times in the past.
Have
you ever found yourself looking forward to the next season of life
with so much anticipation that you miss some of the great things
about the season you're in? For instance, remember back to when
your teenage daughter was a toddler and it bothered you that she
wanted you to hold her so much. Would you have held her longer if
you had known it would be the last time? Wouldn't it be so nice
to have her sit on your lap again and cuddle for awhile?
Or,
how about when your son was an infant and he nursed every two
hours around the clock. You were so tired and wished for the day
when he was more independent so you could have your own freedom
back. Well, infancy passed in a flash, didn't it? Before you
knew it, he was running all around and not so interested in
doing baby things with you anymore.
Or, do
you remember when you were a college student and wanted to hurry
and get school over with so you could get out there into the real
world and have a real life? Now, wouldn't it be nice to go
back in time to enjoy just one week without all the
responsibilities of adulthood?
Or,
remember back to when you were pregnant and all the kicks in the
ribs, frequent trips to the bathroom, waddling, your expanding
waist, backaches... You wished away such a short, sweet season.
(Maybe you even participated in the season coming to an end before
its time by having your labor induced.) I remember the day after
my first son was born. I felt lonely and disconnected because I
could no longer feel his every move.
Every
season of life is packed with both joys and frustrations. I want
to encourage you to live life in such a way that you will
have the fewest regrets. Recognize the season you're in
and embrace all the aspects of that season as if today is the last
day you will be there. Tomorrow may be the beginning of a new
season.
Here's
to living life to its fullest and enjoying every moment!
~Kristin
Charis Childbirth
Services
149 Business Park Drive
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
www.CharisChildbirth.org
Kristin Schuchmann ~
International Director
(757)639-5325 Fax (757)497-2398
Susan Oshel ~ Director of Midwifery Studies
(321)206-3464
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