CALL FOR PAPERS Submission Deadline: July 13, 2009 PERINATAL: A Symposium on Birth Practices and Reproductive Rights Wednesday 7 th Octobe...

It's another quiet, sunny Sunday morning. Was it already a week ago that I was laboring and finally admitting to myself that this was it...

I made placenta prints two days after Dio's birth. The ones on the top of the picture were done with the blood from the placenta, then ...

1 day old Grandma and Zari admiring Dio 2 days old 3 days old Eric and Zari goofing around 4 days old First bath

Birth stories usually begin when labor starts. With Zari’s birth, labor began fairly unmistakably (although I didn’t admit that to myself un...

Meredith H! Of the four people who guessed both the date and the gender correctly, she was the closest on height and weight. Email me your m...

Still working on the birth story, but it's getting late and I need to sleep! We're doing well over here. I feel so good that I have ...

Just a few minutes before the baby emerged, the midwife grabbed my camera and began taking pictures. I was hoping to take more pictures of m...