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|Dec 30, 1986
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|Sep 27, 1982
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|Sep 27, 1982
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|G. Robert Traut
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|Rogers Corporation
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|Patent Citations (6), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (39), Classifications (12), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to the field of microstrip or stripline antennas. More particularly, this invention relates to a planar microstrip antenna for use primarily as a receiver antenna for receiving broadcasted microwave signals. While this invention may have general utility in microwave transmission or reception, the invention will be described in the environment of what is known as a TV receive only (TVRO) receiver in a direct satellite broadcasting (DSB) system. However, it will be understood that the invention may have general utility as either a receiver antenna or transmittor antenna in microwave communication systems.
With the growing potential for satellite transmission of microwave signals for TV broadcasting and receiving systems, there is an increasing need for a reliable, durable and reasonably inexpensive antenna for household and other commercial use for the reception of satellite transmitted microwave signals. Parabolic antennas are traditionally used in transmission systems of this type, but they present many problems for an effective and commercially viable TV microwave reception system. Among other problems, parabolic antennas are relatively expensive, and are not sufficiently stable in low winds to guarantee consistent signal reception and hence picture quality. Thus, they are not particularly suitable for everyday use in home or other commercial TV reception systems.
Stripline or microstrip antennas for microwave transmission or reception are known in the art. Such antennas are shown, for example, in UK Pat. No. 1,529,361 to James and Wilson, U.S. Pat. No. 3,995,277 to M. Olyphant, Jr., U.S. Pat. No. 3,987,455 to M. Olyphant, Jr. and U.S. Pat. No. 3,803,623 to L. Scharlot, Jr. In all of these prior patents the antenna structure consists of a laminate structure of a dielectric material with an electrically conductive ground plane on one surface of the dielectric and a stripline or microstrip pattern on the other surface of the dielectric. It is well known that the properties of the dielectric material are important to the performance of the antenna, especially the properties of dielectric constant and dissipation factor. Those considerations make these conventional microstrip antennas practicably unsuitable for TVRO antennas because they severely limit the choice of suitable dielectric materials to very expensive materials, especially when one considers that a TVRO antenna must be relatively large, such as on the order of a square structure 30 to 40 inches on each side or a circular structure having a diameter of 30 to 40 inches. Also, since TVRO antennas will be used outdoors, they must be weatherized to protect them from exposure to the elements. This is particularly so with the conventional prior art stripline or microstrip antenns where the circuit pattern and the ground plane are on the exterior of the dielectric surfaces. This weatherizing requirement further adds to the economic and practical problems of using prior art microstrip antennas in TVRO systems.
The combined requirements of electrical properties and weathering resistance limit the choice of dielectric materials that may be effectively employed in a practicable TVRO antenna if one were constructed in accordance with conventional prior art techniques. The combined requirements of electrical properties and weathering resistance limit the choice of dielectric materials. Low loss ceramics would offer good performance for the dielectric material, but the cost and limited size of ceramic substrates would rule them out. PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) based substrates or substrates based on other fluoropolymers would also be acceptable choices from the standpoint of dielectric properties, but the cost of such substrates would make them unsuitable for home and general commercial use. Thus, because of the economic and other practical drawbacks, the art has not developed a commercially practicable and acceptable planar TVRO antenna.
The above-discussed and other problems of the prior art are overcome or reduced by the TVRO antenna of the present invention. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a planar TVRO antenna is constructed with glass supporting substrates for the ground plane and microstrip circuits and with air as the dielectric between the circuit pattern and the ground plane.
In accordance with the present invention, a ground plane is defined by a metallized surface on a first glass plate. The microstrip circuit pattern consists of a conductive pattern formed on a surface of a second glass plate. The first and second glass plates are assembled with the ground plane and the circuit pattern facing and spaced from each other to define an air space between the circuit pattern and the ground plane. The air space serves as and defines the dielectric between the circuit pattern and the ground plane. The microstrip antenna thus consists of the ground plane and the circuit pattern, each supported on and spaced from the other by a glass sheet with appropriate electrical connections thereto, and the air therebetween. The glass plate on which the circuit pattern is formed protects the circuit pattern from exposure to weather, thus significantly increasing the life expectancy of this TVRO antenna.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like elements are numbered alike in the two figures.
FIG. 1 is a sectional elevational view of an antenna constructed in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention uses glass as a base or substrate material for the ground plane and microstrip circuit pattern of a planar microstrip antenna. As the term "glass" is used in this invention, it will be understood to mean and include any amorphous inorganic transparent or translucent substance formed by fusion of sand, silica or other materials to produce a mass that cools to a rigid condition without crystallization, or any of the various inorganic or organic substances resembling glass in transparency, hardness and amorphous nature, as long as the material has the appropriate dielectric characteristics to make it suitable for use as a TVRO antenna.
The planar antenna 10 has a lower glass plate or base 12 which carries a single monolithic ground plane 14. The antenna also has an upper glass plate 16 which carries an electrically conductive pattern of material 18 which constitutes the circuit pattern of the microwave antenna. As best seen in FIG. 2, the pattern 18 consists of a main feeder strip 20, a plurality of branch feeder strips 22 and a pattern of elements 24 extending from each branch feeder strip 22. It will be understood that the pattern of FIG. 2 is only by way of example. A variety of alternate patterns could be used that are capable of delivering the microwave energy in proper phase relationship to each radiating element.
Both ground plane 14 and circuit pattern 18 are bonded or adhered to their respective glass plates 12 and 16 by any suitable or convenient method. Ground plane 14 and circuit pattern 18 are metallized layers, such as, for example, copper or silver. The ground plane and the circuit pattern are bonded or adhered to their respective glass plates, and they may be formed on the glass plates by any suitable or convenient process, including mirror metallizing techniques, silk screening or other printed circuit techniques, or decal transfer techniques.
The antenna of the present invention also has glass edge pieces between the plates 12 and 16 and around the entire edge periphery of plates 12 and 16. These glass edge elements 26 serve both to maintain glass plates 12 and 16 spaced apart from each other and also hermetically seal the interior space 28 defined between glass plates 12 and 16. The edge strips 26 are bonded to the plates 12 and 16 by glass solder or other appropriate glass adhesives, and the coefficients of thermal expansion of glass plates 12 and 16 and edge strips 26 are matched to prevent the generation of thermal stress which might lead to cracking of the structure or separation of the bonded elements.
A coaxial cable 30 is connected to the antenna. One conductor 32 (the outer conductor) of the coaxial cable is connected to the ground plane 14, by conductive pins 33 which pass through glass plate 12 and the other conductor 34 (the inner or center conductor) of the coaxial cable is connected to main feeder 20 to deliver signals to the microwave pattern. A conductive adhesive may be used to bond and maintain contact between conductor 34 and feeder 20. An appropriate seal 36 is provided where the coaxial cable passes through plate 14 to maintain air space 28 as a hermetically sealed space. It will be understood that coaxial cable 30 and its connections to the ground plane and feeder are shown schematically and by way of illustration only. Any suitable connection arrangement may be used.
For the TVRO antenna application primarily envisioned for the present invention, the structure will be relatively large, such as on the order of a square or rectangle 30 to 40 inches on each side or a circle 30 to 40 inches in diameter. It is important for proper signal reception and the maintaining of consistent picture quality in the television set to which the antenna is connected that the spatial relationship between electronic components remain constant. Movement of the glass plates 12 and 16 in their respective circuit components relative to each other will have adverse effects. Such movement might be caused by forces (e.g. wind, loads) acting on plate 16 or by sagging of plate 16 relative to plate 12. To maintain the proper spacing between plates 12 and 16, glass spacer elements 38 may be located between the plates and may be bonded to the plates.
Microstrip pattern 18 is designed and selected so that it would generate a plane wave if it were a microwave transmitter. Since microwave transmitters and receivers are reciprocal, circuit pattern 18 will receive a plane wave from a specific direction, such as a geostationary or equatorial satellite. Glass plate 16 should, ideally, have a thickness of approximately 1/2 wavelength of the signal being received (12 to 14 GHz for the stationary OTS satellite now in operation). However, that ideal configuration would likely make the antenna too heavy. Therefore, glass plate 16 may be of the order of 1/10th inch thick to reduce weight. This dimensioning will result in some reflective losses but will still make the antenna an acceptable unit. As previously indicated, space 28 between glass plates 12 and 16 is preferrably an air space, with the air serving as a suitable dielectric. However, space 28 may also be filled with inert gas or be a vacuum.
From the foregoing description it will be recognized that a particularly effective, practical and economical planar TVRO antenna has been achieved by the present invention. The antenna is dimensionally stable, and, hence, it may be mounted on the exterior of buildings (such as roof houses or other similar structures), and it may be mounted in rotatable structure for directional alignment without impairing the reception of the transmitted signal, and hence the consistency of the picture displayed on the TV screen to which the antenna is connected.
A particularly important and useful feature for outdoor antennas is that the antenna is protected from the weather by the overall hermetically sealed structure of the antenna, and the upper plate 16 protects the circuit pattern from the weather. Thus, the antenna will last for many years of outdoor use.
While glass has been described as the preferred material for plates 12 and 16, other rigid materials may be used as long as plate 16 has a dielectric constant of 8 or less and a low dissipation (loss tangent of 0.01 or less).
While a preferred embodiment has been shown and described, various modifications and substitutions may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the present invention has been described by way of illustrations and not limitation.
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|European Classification
|Sep 27, 1982
Owner name: ROGERS CORPORATION, ROGERS,CT. A CORP. OF MASS.
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Parts of two major Southland estuaries are on the verge of environmental collapse, an Environment Southland-commissioned report says.
Algae growth in the New River estuary in Invercargill and the Jacobs River estuary at Riverton has increased exponentially, increasing sediment and loss of biodiversity, members of Environment Southland's Environmental Management Committee were told yesterday.
In a presentation on behalf of the Wriggle Coastal Management group, which has monitored the estuaries for the council since 2000, coastal consultant Greg Larkin said the Waihopai arm of the New River estuary could be eutrophic - dominated by algae and practically devoid of life, within 10 years, and both estuaries faced much the same fate as the Waituna Lagoon.
Mud, nitrates and phosphorous were being washed into the estuaries, leading to mass blooms of algae, loss of habitat and sediment anoxia, all of which were further increasing the rate of eutrophication, Mr Larkin said.
In 2000, the New River estuary was in good condition, with eutrophic areas totalling only 0.3 per cent of its area.
Now, large areas of algae and deep, polluted sediment were smothering life in the Waihopai Arm and Daffodil Bay, Mr Larkin said.
Three hectares of the Waihopai Arm was eutrophic in 2000. This has increased to 123ha this year.
Mr Larkin said sediment had accumulated so much in the Waihopai Arm inside a year that monitoring plates put in in 2011 were now buried and the sediment was 200mm higher than in 2007.
Beneath the sediment in the Waihopai Arm, there was no life except highly pollution-tolerant organisms, Mr Larkin said.
Sea grass, which was abundant in the estuary even in 2007, was almost non-existent.
The eutrophic areas made up 5.8 per cent of the total area of the estuary, but the amount of growth in the last five years was extremely concerning, he said.
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Council chairman Ali Timms said the report was graphic and troubling but not unexpected.
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Cr Jan Riddell asked what was likely to happen in the next 10 years.
Mr Larkin said the entire Waihopai arm could be eutrophic by 2020.
Cr Brian Mason asked if the growth of Invercargill was contributing to the decline of the New River estuary.
Mr Larkin said the next stage of the investigation would be to work out where the sediment and nutrients were coming from and assessing how much could be assimilated by the estuaries.
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Morning started early. Anita and I did our usual online stuff and packed everything up, checking out of our room by nine and dropping off our suitcases to be picked up by our tour company. (For the trip we had purchased a 'tour' for the con that included airfare, con hotel, hotel in Tokyo for …
Sep 02 2007
Worldcon day 4
I started the day with an energy deficit, not surprising after putting in such a full day yesterday. Still, I managed to drag my (slightly hungover) ass out of bed by 10:00 and go with Anita to get some breakfast. (Actually it was second breakfast for Anita, she had left early while I was still …
Sep 02 2007
Worldcon day 3
Wow! What a busy day! I'm going to have to just skim the highlights if I don't want this to turn into a Novella… I had nothing scheduled for the Worldcon today and there was nothing on the schedule of more than mild interest except the Hugo awards in the evening, so Anita and I …
Sep 01 2007
Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Award winners for 2007
Best Novel: 'Rainbows End' by Vernor Vinge Best Novella: 'A Billion Eves' by Robert Reed Best Novelette: 'The Djinn's Wife' by Ian McDonald Best Short Story: 'Impossible Dreams' by Tim Pratt Best Related Book: 'James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon' by Julie Phillips Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: 'Pan's Labyrinth' Best …
Sep 01 2007
Newsflash: Randy Byers wins Hugo!
My friend fringefaan won a Hugo tonight for his part in the team of editors that produced the Best Fanzine for 2007: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly. Yay Randy! Full list of winners in just a few minutes…
Aug 31 2007
Worldcon day 2
Tired, hot, and sweaty. Those are the relevant adjectives for me tonight. The theme today is 'moisture'… Anita and I got up pretty early and left the hotel around seven, looking for coffee and something for Anita to eat. We found a little coffee shop in Queen's Square mall. Afterwards we decided to walk to …
Aug 30 2007
Worldcon day 1
Well, it is early evening on the first day of the Japan SF Worldcon. Anita and I are relaxing in our room and planning a dinner trip. Both of us are feeling the effects of jet lag, but we are going to tough it out and go to bed at the normal local time. The …


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Trichi (Tamil Nadu), Feb 23: A German girl of Indian origin renewed her acquaintance with her beloved elephant Shanti in the Thiruvanaikaval or Jambukeswara Temple in Trichi, Tamil Nadu.
Seven-year-old Pooja, while on a visit to the Mudhumalai National Park in Ooty four year ago befriended Shanti. Thereafter, Pooja left for Germany but kept telling her father that she missed her favourite jumbo. Her father then accompanied her to India so that she could meet Shanti. Pooja said she liked feeding the elephants banana, tomatoes, oranges and apples for elephants.
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WINFIELD | Coach Danny Adams doesn't plan drastic changes, even though Winfield lost 16 seniors from the 2004 team that went 14-1.
Winfield, which lost to Oneonta 28-21 in the Class 3A championship game, set an AHSAA rushing record with 5,931 yards.
Adams has to replace his entire backfield, including Drake Hall, who tied a state record with 43 touchdowns.
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Senior Eric Berryhill and junior Ty Seals are wide receivers, and senior Nathan Wilbanks will play at tight end.
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Four starters are back on offensive line, including senior Chase Cochran at center. The guards are seniors Caleb Simmons (6-4, 290) and Jared Porter (6-3, 250). Adams said Simmons and tackle Cody Gardner have started 27 games each. Sophomore Derek Rhodes is trying to earn a starting role at tackle.
"I think we've got a good offensive line," Adams said. "It's the only part of our team that looks like last year's."
Adams said end Jarrod Weeks is the lone returning starter on the defensive line. Sophomore Derrick Long has a chance to play at end, and Porter and Simmons will fill in at tackle.
Matthew Reyes and Marcus Carthage have been working at outside linebacker.
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Adams said Wilbanks will do the punting with Thompson doing the kicking.
Adams has guided the Pirates to a 24-3 record in his first two seasons.
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Classification: Class 3A, Region 7, AHSAA
2004 record: 14-1
Playoffs: 4-1, Class 3A runner-up
Head coach: Danny Adams (24-3 in two years at Winfield)
Assistant coaches: Dustin Silas, offensive linemen; Allan Smith, offensive linemen; Steve Reaves, defensive backs; Larry Gilmer, defensive line.
Returning starters: 7
Returning lettermen: 20
Players to watch: OG Caleb Simmons (6-4, 290, Sr.), OG Jared Porter (6-3, 250, Sr.), LB Tyler Estes (5-8, 190, Sr.), LB Nathan Wilbanks (6-2, 200, Sr.)
Key games: Sept. 2 at Winston County, Sept. 9 vs. Vinemont, Sept. 30 vs. Sulligent, Oct. 7 at Good Hope, Oct. 21 vs. Danville.
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Activists going after small-cap companies -- where the majority of campaigns take place -- must take particular note of retail investors who usually represent the vast majority of the voting shares. In 2014, according to statistics from FactSet, 60% of all activist campaigns occurred at companies with a market cap of under $500 million, while 31% occurred at companies with a market cap of more than $1 billion. Only 6.4% of the large cap campaigns occurred at companies valued at more than $10 billion.
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Getting mouldboard ploughing right, the advantage of an expensive herbicide strategy and how not to narrow windrow burn are just some of the initial learnings from a long-term trial in southern Victoria's high rainfall zone.
The project was set up to address the problem of herbicide resistance in the high rainfall zone (HRZ), particularly southern Victoria. It is being led by the University of Adelaide's Dr Chris Preston in conjunction with Southern Farming Systems (SFS).
Five years ago, Dr Preston surveyed paddocks in southern Victoria and found some worrying results.
"We discovered that 60 per cent of paddocks between Geelong and Hamilton had ryegrass resistant to both group A and group B herbicides," Dr Preston said. "Essentially, all the post-emergent herbicides for cereals were gone, so the conversation turned to, 'what are we going to do about this?'"
From 2012, a trial at SFS' Lake Bolac site, which has a history of resistant ryegrass, assessed the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices before seeding, in combination with pre-emergent herbicides on management of herbicide-resistant annual ryegrass in the Victorian HRZ.
The cultural control practices include mouldboard ploughing, stubble burning, stubble incorporation with light cultivation and retained stubble with direct sowing. These were followed up with low cost (such as trifluralin mixtures), medium cost and high cost (such as Sakura + Avadex Xtra mixtures in wheat) pre-emergent options.
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Mouldboard ploughing
Although expensive, early results from mouldboard ploughing were promising despite some wild radish germinating in the area ploughed.
"We pretty much got the ryegrass out but we didn't get 100pc of it, which came back to haunt us because now (2014) the ryegrass numbers are back to what they were when we started (2012)," Dr Preston said. "That comes back to the HRZ environment. In a long-season scenario where there is plenty of rain, any ryegrass that is germinating late after treatments have been applied will produce a lot of seed.
"In dry environments we don't see that so much, but in the HRZ it's a problem. If we're not stopping the seed set of ryegrass it will reset the seedbank pretty quickly."
Pre-emergent herbicides
Dr Preston says the biggest lesson learned from using pre-emergent herbicides was not to incorporate stubble.
"If you've got too much stubble and you want to get rid of it, burn it," he says. "By incorporating stubble we're moving the ryegrass away from where the herbicides are and they just don't work as well.
"We also learnt that if you've got post-emergent resistant ryegrass and you think you're going to manage your way out of that by growing wheat and barley, it's not going to happen. Even with our best treatments, we kept a lid on the ryegrass, but numbers are still going up. We haven't actually driven the ryegrass down, we've just kept it stable by putting in a lot of pre-emergent herbicides."
Unsurprisingly, the cheapest pre-emergent herbicide strategies were the least effective. Dr Preston says the mid-cost strategy was better but the expensive strategy was best.
"In the cereal side of your rotation, if you really want to keep a lid on the ryegrass you're going to have to go for some pretty expensive herbicide options to do that in the HRZ," he said. "A lot of that is about needing the length of persistence we get out of that product, particularly the Sakura® + Avadex® Xtra mix."
Dr Preston says they used RT canola in 2014 because of its flexibility – they are able to grow it as a triazine tolerant (TT) canola, a Roundup Ready® canola and use an array of treatments on it.
"That has been Rustler® up front; we've got two applications of Roundup Ready® herbicide, we've got atrazine in there and we're going to crop top it with Weedmaster DST®. With that, we're going all-out to try and fix the ryegrass problem, with the question being, how important is that seed set control component in the system in southern Victoria?
"In my belief, it is, and this will give us some data around that and how important that component is. If we don't get on top of it with canola this year we'll go in with a pulse next year and brown manure that."
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Dr Preston has some important advice for growers in the HRZ who want to have a go at narrow windrow burning. Or, how not to windrow burn.
"Last year we got a pretty big barley crop and we thought we'd set it up to windrow burn," he said. "Unfortunately, part of the trouble we had was lodging ryegrass. In this environment we get a lot of ryegrass that lodges, so you don't actually get it going through the header, it just lies on the ground, so we had all these windrows with ryegrass in between.
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Today I thought I'd write about something that's been on my mind for a while.
Every time I hear the sentence "Every birthing mother needs a doula", I cringe a little bit.
I think what that person is trying to say is "If I was going to have a baby, I would need a doula".
I think the first sentence should be changed to "Every birthing mother needs the opportunity to have a doula". I think that's much more accurate.
I'm a doula. I've seen situations where pregnant couples have gone from not knowing much at all about natural birth and heading down the road of a c-section, only to hire a doula, learn about their options, choose a natural birth on their educated terms and go on to have a wonderful experience birthing their baby into this world.
I've seen single mothers who didn't have the support from the baby's father, have a wonderful birthing experience with the support of a doula, rather than being alone.
I've seen births where the Dad needed a bit of time to collect his thoughts and step outside for a minute as his wife was in labour. This has been for many reasons… some partners can start to feel helpless and need to go out of the room to take a deep breath without having their wife see them struggling, before coming back to be their wife's rock. Some births can be long and the partner needs a break. It's all well and good to say that "if I have to go through labour without a break, he can do it without a break", but sometimes partners can end up completely exhausted and only need a 10 minute refresher outside, or a 20 minute power nap, to then be fully back on board and support his partner through the rest of the birth with energy and dedication. Which is much more helpful to the mother, than someone who is completely exhausted. Or sometimes it can just be something simple, like the partner has to have a toilet break. I've seen those births and I've seen that with a doula, the labouring mothers were never unsupported, even when their partner had to step out for a minute.
There's no question in my mind that everyone should have the opportunity to have this kind of assurance that they will be continually supported throughout their labour and birth, regardless of the circumstances.
But is there anyone who doesn't need a doula?
In my opinion, yes.
When I was pregnant with my fourth daughter, I had done all my doula training, I was educated about birth, about my options and possible interventions and how to handle decisions during labour, I had supported other birthing mothers as a doula and I was aware of situations where a doula is a good idea. I made my decision completely informed.
I hired an independent midwife who I felt comfortable with and who had very similar views about natural birth as I did. I'd been through 3 of my own births before and I knew how my husband reacted when I was in labour and I knew he would remain my rock regardless of what happened. I knew how I reacted during labour and I knew that without exception, I turn to my husband for support. I didn't want anyone else. I knew that I didn't like people touching me or getting too close to me during labour. I knew that I would relax only if I felt like it was just me and my husband in the room. I know that I always need my space in any situation, but especially when I'm stressed, I need to be alone or at least have the opportunity to be alone without having to explain myself.
And (this is the part that is fascinating to me), I believe instincts are incredibly important and every instinct in my body was telling me not to have a doula.
I would look at beautiful birth photos and see a wonderful doula supporting the labouring mother with counter pressure, or encouraging the mother with her words… beautiful things… things that I myself do… things that can make a huge positive difference to a birth… and in my mind as I was looking at these photos, I would hear a very clear thought of "Oh, Hell no!!!" (*emphasise the "Hell" and shake your head slowly with attitude as you're shaking your pointed finger "no" when saying that quote*). That's how definite my feeling were when seeing those pictures.
I knew… KNEW… with every instinct in my body, that it was best for me not to have a doula at my birth. And I trusted my instincts. I didn't have a doula at my birth.
And do you know what? During my birth, the only issues I had where when I was feeling like there were too many people in the room! Instincts rock 😉
If I had've listened to those people who say "Everyone needs a doula", I would have been even more uncomfortable and I would have hated my birthing experience. This is exactly the opposite of what a doula should be doing.
To me, saying that "everyone needs a doula", is the same as saying "everyone needs a waterbirth", or "everyone needs to do HypnoBirthing" or "everyone needs a heatpack during labour", or "everyone likes to give birth standing up", or "everyone should have a homebirth".
These are all great options to have available to you when birthing and ideally, everyone should have the opportunity to use any, or all of these options during labour and birth. But does everyone love all of them?
Some women prefer to give birth in water. Some don't.
HypnoBirthing classes can help some women. Some women don't like HypnoBirthing.
Heatpacks are a great option during labour. But some women feel too hot when they use them and prefer a cool fan.
Some labouring women like counter pressure. Some don't like people touching them at all.
Sometimes a homebirth is the better option. Sometimes the Mum doesn't feel comfortable with a homebirth or a hospital birth may be the better option.
And a doula is a fantastic option for many women, either during pregnancy, labour, birth or post partum. But sometimes the Mum just knows that it's not for her.
So who should have a doula? Well, let me ask you some questions…
– Are you having continuality of care with an independent midwife?
– Do you know how interventions such as induction, epidural, lying on your back or contraction-strengthening drugs can lead to "emergency c-sections" because they can cause failure to progress or foetal distress?
– Have you birthed before and know how you and your partner will both react? Physically, emotionally and when forced to make important decisions that will impact both you and your baby?
– Does your partner know that they won't need a break at all during the birth? Do you know that they won't need support at some point?
– Does your partner know natural pain relief skills such as counter pressure, hip squeezes, light touch massage, relaxation, etc? Are they confident in doing them?
– Are you totally confident that if a situation comes up that requires you to make an important decision, you will be able to make that decision based on education and evidence rather than fear?
– Are you completely calm and at peace about your upcoming birth?
– Are you excited about your upcoming birth? Not just about meeting your baby, but also about the birth itself?
– Do you know if you will want non-medical pain-relief during labour? And if you'd prefer counter pressure, heat, water, affirmations or some other form?
– Are you educated about delayed cord clamping and other post-birth options and procedures?
– Do you know what policies your hospital has about your birth? Do you know their c-section rate? Do you know what their intervention rate is? Do you know what they class an an intervention?
– If you have an obstetrician, do you know what their c-section rate is? What do they class as a "natural birth"? How often do they do episiotomies? Use the vacuum or forceps? Allow the birthing mother to choose their position as they birth?
– Have you learnt about natural birth from someone who is truly educated about birth, but is independent from the system?
– Do you know why you're choosing the type of birth you are? (natural, c-sec, vaginal)?
– If you wanting (or as some women describe, craving) a natural birth, do you know why that could be?
There are so many questions I could ask you here, but in the interest of time, I'll stick to these ones for now.
If you answered "no", to any of the above, I would truly suggest that you at least consider speaking to a doula and see how you feel about hiring one after your meeting with them.
I hope this has helped not only the people who have heard that "everyone needs a doula", but also the people who feel that "nobody needs a doula".
Doula's are a great option… we can provide birth education, support, confidence, be a sounding board for your thoughts, answer questions, provide options… we're not just someone who shows up at the birth 🙂
Personally, I think everyone should at least consider having a doula… even just having a doula on stand-by… sometimes just knowing that they're there if you need them is enough! But if you truly think about it, consider all the questions above, listen to your instincts and then choose not to have a doula, that's totally fine. Don't let anyone tell you that you "need" one. And don't let anyone tell you that you shouldn't have one. It's a very personal choice that can only be made by you and your partner.
It's all about you and your partner… make the decision that's right for you.
If you're interested in finding a doula in your area, Australian Doulas is a great place to start your search! The doulas there are totally trained and all the doulas there run their own doula businesses… they're not employed by one company, so each doula sets their own prices and has their own way of doing things, but they all still have to abide by the Australian Doulas code of conduct… so you know you're not signing up with anyone dodgy.
Yes, I'm on that website too 🙂 If you'd like more information about me, just click on "Western Australia – South West" and then find "Janelle Ashmore". Or feel free to contact me on firstname.lastname@example.com
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"A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit". – Hebrew Proverb
I am puzzled by this wonderful proverb. As a parent, I know I should give more freedoms to the kids. "Leave the kids alone!" Is it the right approach to parenting?
No. I don't think so. If we just leave the lamp alone, it may never be lit. So the parents should generate a good condition to let lamp to be lit whenever the lamp wants to be lit. The problem is how the parent should do in order to generate this condition, when will the lamp want to be lit, what kind of patience the parents should have. Do you have some suggestions on it?
As for chess, I think daily excise will help to generate this condition, such as half an hour's puzzles excise. What else, could you please name one?
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Nothing cheers me up more than a nice animation including Batman. Haven't been this cheered up since batman eats hotdog. I don't even care that this video was about my little pony.
I'm not sure how much longer it took you to animate with this rough style, but if you ever wanna pick it back up again its really unique and recognizable.
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I just read a few of the comments and I wanted to say something.
I love this and I'm a brony.
Seriously, not all bronies are horny pedophiles who wants to fuck underage cartoon ponies. I like MLP because I am a childish person. I like things that are for children. It's about love and acceptance. If you think anyone watching children's cartoons must be pedophiles, then you are horribly wrong.
I don't get offended by movies like this. It made me laugh a lot actually. But of course, I'm against people being pedophillic, but someone watching pony porn, that is something else. It's ok as long as they don't do anything illegal. Some people take fandoms WAY too far, and some people are casual, like me. Please don't let some few people who are extreme destroy it for the whole fandoms. I don't want people to be completely biased. I'm not only talking about the brony fandom. I'm talking about every fandom in the world.
I love the animation for this cartoon, and I didn't realise that Jazza was in this. He makes an awesome Batman, I must say!
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lol my ponys also bikers from mars was the shit back in the day so hes right for punching him when he said that show is old and gay ! im not an anti brony just saying but neither also not a brony just i am like mr blue i dont approve it i just understand it!
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