Quote of the Day
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“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that
nothing is.”
Thomas S. Szasz
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My favorite links for pregnancy, labor & postpartum
- Beautiful Cervix Project - cycles of cervical change
- Birth Into Being
- Birthing From Within - innovative & holistic childbirth & postpartum preparation
- Born Free! - unassisted childbirth
- Citizens for Midwifery - the only national consumer-based group promoting the midwifery model of care
- DONA International - international non-profit organization of doulas
- Giving Birth With Confidence
- La Leche League International - breastfeeding support
- MothersNaturally.org
- Normalizing Homebirth Project
- PlacentaBenefits.info - placenta encapsulation to prevent "baby blues"
- SafeFetus.com - a comlete database of worldwide medications providing information about the drugs' indications, fetal risk, breastfeeding risk & during pregnancy
- Spinning Babies - easier childbirth through fetal positioning/turning a breech baby
- Taking Charge of Your Fertility - natural birth control, pregnancy achievement, & reproductive health
- The Birth Survey - share your birth experience with others; view consumer feedback on health care facilities & providers in your community; view hospital intervention rates
- The Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth - credible information about normal birth for expectant parents & childbirth professionals
- The Shape of a Mother - a website dedicated to normalizing body changes associated with pregnancy & birth
- Wise Woman Childbirth - one midwife's blog dedicated to "empowering women, one birth at a time"
My favorite books for pregnancy, labor & postpartum
- Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
- Birthing from Within
- Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
- Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
- Mothering Magazine's Having a Baby, Naturally
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn
- Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, & Reproductive Health
- The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
- The Birth Partner
- The Breastfeeding Book
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Hypnobirthing Resources
Cesarean awareness, prevention & healing
- BirthCut - Cesarean & VBAC artwork, poetry & birth stories submitted by mothers & fathers
- BirthCut's Q&A with the artist from cesarean-art.com
- Cesarean Art - one woman's attempt to heal from her Cesarean through art
- Cesarean Voices - a website by, for, and about Cesarean born people
- Citizens for Midwifery - article about filing a formal complaint about provider
- International Cesarean Awareness Network - Cesarean recovery & VBAC support
- Nursing Birth - one labor & delivery nurse's view from the inside
- PushedBirth - "uncensored, unsweetened information about U.S. childbirth care"
- Solace for Mothers - healing after traumatic childbirth
- TheUnnecesarean.com - Cesarean prevention & VBAC support
My favorite parenting resources
- AskDrSears.com - America's leading holistic pediatrician
- Child passenger safety resource
- Dr. Greene - holistic pediatrician
- Healthy Child Healthy World - an organization dedicated to protecting young children from harmful chemicals
- KellyMom.com - breastfeeding & parenting support
- Mothering - magazine of natural parenting & family living
- National Vaccine Information Center - America's vaccine safety watchdog
- The Babywearer - babywearing community, support, info, patterns & product reviews
- The Compleat Mother - magazine of pregnancy, birth & breastfeeding
- The Happiest Baby on the Block - a new way to calm crying & help newborn baby sleep longer
- WholesomeBabyFood.com - easy homemade baby food & recipes
- WholesomeToddlerFood.com - healthy homemade toddler food recipes
Circumcision awareness, prevention & healing
Home birth
My Blog List
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Eric is Born: Our Peaceful, Extraordinary VBAC-Homebirth-Waterbirth - Wednesday, January 18, 10:30 p.m. The boys were dreaming peacefully in their bedroom. Tim lay beside me, his breath quiet and even with the pace of an al...1 day ago
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A Shout-Out to the World - Today I received a communique to La Leche League (LLL) Leaders from the La Leche League International’s (LLLI) Board of Directors and Executive Managemen...1 week ago
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Our Play Space: Our Playhouse - A peek inside a reader’s play space… I’m Jackie, and I run a home daycare. We spend a lot of time outdoors in good weather, and our playhouse, with a sandb...1 hour ago
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Nothing Good Ever Came Easy - Could we cut the bullshit for a minute? Or even better, could we cut it for a lifetime? I mean why do we have to keep covering these same topics over and o...3 weeks ago
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Preschool Weekly Activities (23) – Fish - Five fun and educational activities about fish. Thank you for subscribing to my RSS feed at Code Name: Mama! I would appreciate your comments and feedback...1 day ago
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TGIF! Date Night, Ethical Chocolate, and a Yogurt Giveaway - Happy Valentine’s everyone! I did my Valentine’s date last weekend with my sweetheart and it was spectacular. In fact I had so much fun that I didn’t feel ...1 day ago
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Spicemance Tips for Valentine’s Day (VIDEO) - [image: spicemance]Valentine’s Day can be tough to pull off for any couple. But when you have kids? Yikesberries. So, let us help you put the spice back in...1 day ago
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INFACT-Urgent Action!! - *My Friends, Nestle is at it again, and this time it's truly disgusting!!!! Haul out your computers and fire up your emails!!!* Urgent ActionNo honour ...21 hours ago
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The long term cost of a pain in the neck - One morning this May, I woke up with a stiff neck. I applied hot and cold therapy all day and took an Advil before bed. By the end of that week, I was unab...19 minutes ago
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Working With Style {Makeup Edition} - By Brandy Contributor So my first working with style and I can’t fit into my pants. I can’t fit into maternity pants. I am in pregnancy fashion limbo. I ju...11 hours ago
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One Hour, 10 Minute Labor?! Wowza!- An Unassisted Surprise - * Can I just say I LOVE LOVE LOVE this birth story. That is how it is DONE ladies! * *This pretty much says what I thought when I heard this, "I just wr...
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A New Direction for Midwife Connection - by Cassie Moore, ACNM Writer and Editor We hope you’ve seen our fabulous new Web site—and hope you love it as much as we do! We’re also taking this blog to t...10 months ago
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New Babies 101 - Hope is six weeks old, and for the tenth time, I'm in love. There's nothing like a new baby. Without fail they remind me how brief the time is. And bec...4 days ago
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Military Momma Needing Some Guidance - Sent May 16, 2010 @ 5:38 PM Dear NursingBirth, I just found your blog today and I’m thrilled! I am a SAHM pregnant with baby #2…I have a 3 y/o daughter & t...1 year ago
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Doula Apprenticeship with Patti Ramos - Interested in becoming a Birth Doula? Here is a golden opportunity to experience a year long apprenticeship with a doula who has a busy practice, 35 year...3 months ago
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Deceived - By Christina King © 2012 Dedicated to parents whose boys were circumcised at birth. Moms and dads of circumcised boys, this is for you:It's easy to forget...
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Making a Difference - [image: Starfish] This story illustrates the reason that, despite the criticisms, I have continued to do, up to this point, what I do. Perhaps I can't make ...2 days ago
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The Friday Make and Do - My goodness, how is it Friday already?! That week just flew past! Here's hoping the weekend stretches out nice and long. And here are a few fun things to f...1 day ago
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GPS for L&D? - Some intriguing promotional materials arrived this week for a device called LaborPro, which combines global positioning technology (GPS) with ultrasound to...5 months ago
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Who Doesn't Love a Cuddly Scrote? - Remember how I made a video of all the toys that my precious little cupcake named things like Lionsack and Crack Rabbit and Horny? Then I asked you guys to p...
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Valentine Party. - Well, there was no way we could stay in our $5. party idea! I'm laughing because I wasn't thinking food, and goodness, that's the best part of any part...2 days ago
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Mice Mice Baby - I’m going to make a controversial statement: I kinda like Chuck E. Cheese. Actually, I like Chuck E. Cheese a lot. I know, I know, that’s a pretty bold ...1 week ago
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Prenatal Yoga, Part 2 – Breathing, Meditation and Relaxation - In Part 1 we talked about how to help your client choose a prenatal yoga class; in Part 2, we will look at breathing, meditation and relaxation in a prenat...2 days ago
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I don't know much, but what I know works - The longer I am a parent, the less I claim to know about raising children. But I have figured out a few things: *1. **Wear them out. *We talk frequently ab...
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Pledge for Judgement-Free Breastfeeding Support - Support with Integrity Check out the Pledge at the website link above. Please pledge for Judgment Free breastfeeding Support! Thanks to Earth Mama Angel Ba...5 weeks ago
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Warming Socks Treatment - Monkey’s been sick with a bit of a cold these last few days. It started with me getting sick with a head cold that ended up in my chest. Because I have ast...2 days ago
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Evidently I’ve Been Writing About Cesareans Since I Was 12 Years Old - My dad was at our house late one night last week and we got to talking about olden times. Since he was only 14 years old when I was born, he didn’t have mu...17 hours ago
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how to create a successful blog that doesn’t make a lot of money - Source: google.com via Jaime on Pinterest This blog has been a big surprise. I started it to kick my own butt into gear with de-cluttering. I needed some...2 days ago
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13 years on..... - On this day thirteen years ago, my family arrived in England. We left a balmy 38C in Australia and arrived to minus 12 here in the North. It's still cold! ...4 days ago
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Reader Questions on Vitamin K2 and an Interview with Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue - Are you getting enough vitamin K2? Unless you’re eating good quality butter, cheese, grass-fed meats or natto, you probably aren’t. In this reader questio...1 day ago
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Moist and Cakey Almond Flour Pancakes (grain-free) - We are always trying out different “kinds” of pancakes. You know, there are the dense, starchy ones, the light and fluffy ones, and the almost cake-like mo...2 hours ago
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Book Review: The Curiosity Cycle - Yes, finally a new post! Our family moved from Texas to Colorado in November so blogging had to take a backseat to life for awhile, but I'm back. I'm pla...
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A Victory for Activists™: Censoring the Glory of the Belly - I had planned to post something substantial today but this is so much better. I re-posted (from here) this glorious photo series of bellies to the Faceb...1 week ago
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Гора - У нас опять собралась гора посуды. И не простая, а та, что горее не бывает... под потолок... при виде которой с кухни хочется бежать не только детям, но ...
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