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You’ve given birth to your baby… great! The hours, days, and weeks after your baby are born can be a time of great joy. But it’s not all about your beautiful little one yet. This is a big (more…)

We all get stressed sometimes, and stress is never good for you, but pregnancy can increase your stress level, and then on top of that, we worry that the stress itself is bad for the pregnancy. Worrying that (more…)

Couvade \kü-ˈväd\ (pronounce it coo-vahd, or “please pass the tums”)For hundreds of years, in societies worldwide, partners of pregnant women have been known to get morning sickness, heartburn, gain weight, and even have labor pains and postpartum depression. (more…)

“What Babies Want: An Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants” A Documentary by Debby Takikawa, Narrated by Noah Wylie Review by AnnMarie RianWanzeck, LM/CPM As many expecting mothers can tell you, babies are conscious well before birth. Give (more…)

Maybe you’re a new parent or you’re currently expecting a baby. Maybe your youngest child is 18 or maybe you never plan to have kids. No matter your situation, you can be an advocate to help support alternatives in childbearing. (more…)

You’ve discovered you are pregnant – perhaps by missing a period, noticing just how sore your boobs are, or in the new classic mode of peeing on a little stick that showed 2 lines (2 lines!). Several deep (more…)

Choosing to have your baby in a comfortable and comforting environment makes sense biologically. Your nervous system (primarily your brain) controls all of your body functions, including what your body does during labor and birth. The part of (more…)

Sometimes we in the birth community spend a lot of time focused on moms, but everyone’s role in the family is important, and it can take time to figure out what that new role is when your family (more…)

For many women who are hurt or disappointed by labor and birth, the phrase “The important thing is that you have a healthy baby,” begins to ring hollow. Of course it is important that you have a healthy (more…)

Many pregnant women in the US are in a predicament being presented with a huge array of tests, treatments, information and facts about pregnancy and birth, most of us with no practical experience of pregnancy, birth, or newborn (more…)