Laureen is the technical editor and online community advocate for java.sun.com and developers.sun.com at Sun Microsystems, a freelance edito...

This first guest post comes from Sheridan Ripley, a proud VBAC mom of 3 busy boys, Loving Lactivist, Positive Birth Story Collector, Hypnoba...

The comments in the last post degenerated into one of the ugliest mud-slinging, epithet-hurling, and name-calling episodes I have ever seen ...

Thought you'd get a chuckle out of this person who was grossed out by home birth and placenta prints. She left a few nice comments ( sar...

Please send me your best frugal cloth diapering tips or links, and I'll repost them here! Here are a few of mine: Don't buy cloth...

I am reposting advice and reviews from the comments section here. Come back often, since I imagine I'll be updating this as more suggest...

I have several very pregnant friends & acquaintances who want to use cloth diapers and need advice and recommendations. The variety of d...

Thanks to Cognosco for posting an excerpt of a Q&A with Ani DiFranco , in which she discusses her home birth. You can read the full text...

I loved Aurelia Ann's post about The Latest in Baby Soothing Gear . The pictures are hilarious.

Lisa Barrett (a UK-trained midwife now living in Australia) recently wrote another post about breech birth , with an amazing video of a tota...

A fancy name for something that has just come to an end for me: the suspension of menstruation due to breastfeeding. It's funny--Eric ha...

Lisa Barrett just posted about resuscitating the newborn . I love the photos at the end showing how to resuscitate and evaluate a newborn wi...

There's something to lift our spirits after Zeke's death--we found our new house! We made an offer yesterday, and it was accepted to...

This is really sad to write. Last night, Eric took our dog Zeke for a walk before bed, and he didn't put him on the leash on the way ho...