If I had a penny for every time I heard a woman with a new baby say that she didn't have enough milk to breastfeed, or that the baby was too demanding ...
Making An Informed Choice: GBS in Pregnancy
Group Beta Streptococcus (GBS) testing in pregnant women is pretty standard nowadays. Like a lot of routine testing, many women don't even know why ...
What’s Really Keeping You From a Homebirth?
I want to know why more women don't choose homebirth.I don't know many women outside of my little circle that do choose homebirth. Still, these ...
“Permission” to Be Postpartum
I love being pregnant, but I have this almost dread about postpartum. It used to seem like a bad word to me, being forced out into the world as a ...
Third Baby Syndrome
My “priorities before baby” list has shrunk, and I am pretty much out of things that really needed to be done. However, I am still pregnant, and ...
Sleeping and Eating Oh My…
Sleeping and eating are both big deals in a pregnant woman's life.The body needs food, and rest in great quantities so that it can grow a healthy ...
Labor Pain: Do You Need It?
Pain in labor has a purpose. Really. There are so many ways to view labor pain, whether it is in actual physical/biological terms, or from a more ...
Homeopathy and Pregnancy
Homeopathy is an option that most women don't know is available to help them cope with some various complaints of pregnancy. It's an art all it's ...
The Truth About Birth in the U.S.
Do you know the truth about birth in this country?If you were asked where the US ranks in terms of infant mortality, what would your guess be? ...
The Beauty of Birth
I have to admit, I didn't always think of birth as beautiful.There are no pictures or video clips that captured my first labor or my daughter ...
