An important point to remember as you prepare your home for Baby is that less is more. We become very caught up with consumerism as we get closer to the due date. They call it “nesting” but I call it merchandising. Most of the advertised baby equipment just isn’t necessary and can in fact be...
The EPA has a big problem with disposable diapers. And we should too. Afterall we are leaving the earth to our children so it simply makes no sense to fill our landfills with hazardous waste that takes 500 years to decompose.
Labor and birth has become somewhat of a cliché portrayed in movies as crazy amounts of screaming pain, demanding as many drugs as quickly as humanly possible, a team of nurses and doctors pulling Baby out, while baby daddy frantically records all the drama.This, however is a fallacy.
It is incredibly frightening to know that your little human is coming early. There are so many questions, fears, concerns that can cause either direct panic or total numbness when faced with early delivery or c-section. Once you are in the safety of the prenatal unit, you should feel rest assured that the experts have...
To think that more than one baby can grow between your ribs and pelvis seems somewhat ridiculous. One burgeoning infant is plenty – but two or three or four…? With the advent of IVF in the last 40 years, multiple births have multiplied considerably. The question of how many fertilized eggs to implant is brandished...
When Baby is born we pray for her to be in perfect health, for her organs to function normally, for her brain to be fully developed, for her to have all her limbs, fingers and toes.
While your hormones stabilize for the healing, breastfeeding, mothering journey ahead, your body requires time to acclimatize to the new status quo. The misconception that your belly will be gone once Baby is born can be disconcerting, but it takes time for your organs to return to their pre-pregnancy positioning, even your bones need to...
One of the most special days in a lifetime. You’ve been preparing for months and months, endured all the discomfort and mind-and-body-boggling changes, and the intensity of Baby’s birth. Now it’s time to start a brand new life, like you’ve never known before. Even if you have three children already, number four will inevitably bring...
There are many ways for the stork to deliver Baby. Adoption is a particularly heroic means to become a mother, as you have jumped through bureaucratic hoops to prove that you are worthy of becoming a mother – unlike pregnancy which doesn’t always require such a steadfast demonstration. Some adoptions are a wager in the...
Those first weeks of nursing after birth are never illustrated accurately until you yourself experience the pain and frustration that so often accompanies latching on. We’re supposed to organically know, as mother’s how to automatically feed our baby from our breast, but it’s rarely simple and pain free. The results, once mastered, greatly outweigh the...
