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Home Birthing Service was first incorporated in 1986 by Lydi
Owen, owner and midwife, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ms. Owen has been practicing midwifery and attending home
births since 1972 after she successfully birthed one of her own
children at home with the help of her late sister, Susan Waller.
To date, she has “delivered” over 2,600 babies.
Lydi is the mother of six children, six grandchildren (one now
passed on), and four great grandchildren. She has “delivered”
four of her grandchildren at home. She is also now “delivering”
the babies of the babies she “caught” a long time ago.
Lydi’s main motivation for becoming a midwife was spurred on
by the post partum depression she suffered after giving birth to
her first three babies in the hospital. She believed her post
partum depression was caused by being put to sleep and
separated from her babies after birth. To avoid possible future
post partum depression, she gave birth to her last three
children at home, including a breech (in the doctor’s office).
Post partum depression never reoccurred again.
Thrilled with her mastery over an illness which affects over
800,000 new mothers every year, she began teaching classes
to expectant couples planning home births in 1975. A natural
outcome of teaching was to be invited to all of the births of her
students, which she gladly accepted. Her midwifery knowledge,
though minimal at the time, was better than parents having to
go it alone without professional assistance just because they
wanted to birth outside the accepted medical care system.
She became so busy “catching” babies that she eventually
apprenticed nine women over the course of 28 years to help
with the overload of couples wishing to regain their “power”
during the birth process.
It is from this beginning that the concept of “power birth”
evolved, now officially called Ronka’s PowerBirth Technique.®
In 1995, Lydi published her first book called, “Don’t Take My
Baby Away, The Unexplored Cause of Child Abuse in America”.
In 1996, she established a non-profit organization called, The
Association for the Prevention of Maternal Attachment
Disorders.
She has also written a new, redefined book on the different
stages of labor from a midwife's perspective based on
observation and experience with thousands of women who
have given birth at home. Ronka's PowerBirth Technique
Manual is now available for sale.
Lydi Owen is also proud to present her DVD showing five home
births, including two sets of twins, one set born breech!
Soon to be released is her newest book called "Love at First
Sight- A Maternal Myth?"
Lydi believes that children should be loved, cherished, and
considered precious. If they are treated thusly, they will in turn
love, cherish, and honor their parents, leading the world to
peace. She believes that the establishment of that bond
between parents and child begins at birth.
Owen, owner and midwife, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ms. Owen has been practicing midwifery and attending home
births since 1972 after she successfully birthed one of her own
children at home with the help of her late sister, Susan Waller.
To date, she has “delivered” over 2,600 babies.
Lydi is the mother of six children, six grandchildren (one now
passed on), and four great grandchildren. She has “delivered”
four of her grandchildren at home. She is also now “delivering”
the babies of the babies she “caught” a long time ago.
Lydi’s main motivation for becoming a midwife was spurred on
by the post partum depression she suffered after giving birth to
her first three babies in the hospital. She believed her post
partum depression was caused by being put to sleep and
separated from her babies after birth. To avoid possible future
post partum depression, she gave birth to her last three
children at home, including a breech (in the doctor’s office).
Post partum depression never reoccurred again.
Thrilled with her mastery over an illness which affects over
800,000 new mothers every year, she began teaching classes
to expectant couples planning home births in 1975. A natural
outcome of teaching was to be invited to all of the births of her
students, which she gladly accepted. Her midwifery knowledge,
though minimal at the time, was better than parents having to
go it alone without professional assistance just because they
wanted to birth outside the accepted medical care system.
She became so busy “catching” babies that she eventually
apprenticed nine women over the course of 28 years to help
with the overload of couples wishing to regain their “power”
during the birth process.
It is from this beginning that the concept of “power birth”
evolved, now officially called Ronka’s PowerBirth Technique.®
In 1995, Lydi published her first book called, “Don’t Take My
Baby Away, The Unexplored Cause of Child Abuse in America”.
In 1996, she established a non-profit organization called, The
Association for the Prevention of Maternal Attachment
Disorders.
She has also written a new, redefined book on the different
stages of labor from a midwife's perspective based on
observation and experience with thousands of women who
have given birth at home. Ronka's PowerBirth Technique
Manual is now available for sale.
Lydi Owen is also proud to present her DVD showing five home
births, including two sets of twins, one set born breech!
Soon to be released is her newest book called "Love at First
Sight- A Maternal Myth?"
Lydi believes that children should be loved, cherished, and
considered precious. If they are treated thusly, they will in turn
love, cherish, and honor their parents, leading the world to
peace. She believes that the establishment of that bond
between parents and child begins at birth.
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