By now you’ve heard all sorts of strategies for how to improve your labor and birthing experience without using drugs. Maybe you can already recite…
You’ve heard others say how important it is to create a birthing plan. Maybe you even created a birthing plan for yourself! But who has…
Labor and birth in water is becoming an accepted practice in Australia. But many women in many parts of the world aren’t familiar with this…
Mothers have heard it. “The doctor knows best…” and “You’ve got a healthy baby, what more could you ask for?” But maybe you could have…
Biologist Charles Darwin famously pointed out that there are many similarities between humans and other mammals. Now, many mothers are wondering: Should we take a…
You’ve heard that exclusive breastfeeding is the key to achieving an abundant supply of milk. Your goal is to make sure your healthy, term newborn…
Many women want birth and breastfeeding to go this way, not that way. They create a clear birth plan, go to childbirth education classes, and…
You’ve heard that a “baby-friendly” hospital is the best place for your baby to be born, but that’s not possible in your situation. What are…
Like all mammals, human women have been giving birth spontaneously for millions of years. It is relatively recently that the birthing process has become what…
She’s flat on her back, on a gurney racing down the hospital hallway while screaming for an epidural. Or, she’s lying in a hospital bed…