I've been enjoying Sharon Astyk's discussions on the potential effects of the global energy crisis on modern medicine and health ca...

We received an offer on our house over the weekend--which means we have less than a week to pack and move. Oh the insanity... I am clearin...

I make and sell sling rings . If you know how to sew, you can easily make a ring sling yourself. Here is how I make mine. Feel free to use t...

I saw this on another blog (sorry, can't remember which one) and wanted to share: journalist and writer Rowan Pelling wrote a short arti...

One of the lovely things about visiting my parents was that I had lots of time to just sit and read, while Zari played with her grandparents...

Birthfriend reposted a list of 11 suggestions of how to protest a VBAC denial , originally published in Midwifery Today . It's a good st...

So, the house that we thought we'd be moving into turned into a major disaster which we were very happy to walk away from. The home ins...

We've enjoyed a fantastic week at my parents' house. We came up for my youngest sister's wedding, and now we're recuperating...

We've been busy visiting my parents and going to my youngest sister's wedding, but I found a new project that I must do once we move...

Judit's post about two births in the headlines illustrates the value of a little knowledge and preparation when it comes to giving birt...

A montage of vaginally born twins and triplets , some at home and some in hospitals.

Somewhere between yesterday and today Zari turned 18 months. I remember how old that seemed when she was a newborn. I remember thinking that...

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...