I met my friend Erin when she took birth classes in Bowie, MD last year. Erin is an acupuncturist and I asked her to share some ways that she helps women. I am especially intrigued by acupuncture as fertility treatment because I have had two couples who went through serious medical treatments, were about to […]
6 Things Overheard at Midwife Parties
When I'm around midwives at parties, workshops and conferences, I listen. Here's what they're saying about you. 1. Girl, poop is not even a thing. Everyone's worried about pooping, and it happens. It's still poop, but it's so common that it loses a lot of its shock value in birth. Yeah, it's preferable that there's [...]
Better Birth Guide to Inducing Labor
YOUR DUE DATE First, Is your due date accurate? I’ve written before about the reliability of assigning due dates based on last menstrual period (LMP). The long and the short of it is that no one knows when your baby is actually ready to be born or when is too long to wait for it [...]
Permission to Use My Vagina, Please?
My good friend, who doesn't even know I exist, is vaginal breech birth activist Robin Guy. She was musing over the sad state of affairs we have with vaginal breech birth when she said, "Why is it that I need someone's permission to use my vagina on this one day?" Robin was talking about her [...]
Remember This One Thing For An Easier Birth
Our disgust with each other I teach birth classes to pregnant couples. We watch videos of birth to help prepare both moms and dads for what natural birth looks and sounds like, in all its variety. One night my newlywed brother-in-law and his wife joined class because they were visiting from out of town. After […]
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