This is a week old, and I can already see a difference from when I took the picture a week ago. I have a bit of tenderness around my stomach...

There's a new doctor in town...guess who? Regrettably, not this one... I'll give you a clue--the name starts with an F and rhymes wi...

A blog reader is looking into a home birth and would like recommendations for midwives in the Tucson area. Feel free to post here, or if you...

We've all been getting makeovers from our stylist sister-in-law. I love it!

A new disease or symptom to be worried about?  No--just my tongue-in-cheek term for the changes pregnancy can have on your hair. Some women ...

Visit Northwest Mom Finds to enter a giveaway for an Ergo carrier. It distributes a baby's weight like a hiking backpack--over the shou...

In honor of my upcoming December graduation (PhD in American Studies) I am offering a Second Womb ring sling giveaway! Sling will be in the...

...is Elaine R! I'll email you for your shipping address. Stay tuned for more giveaways!

I have to return a stack of interlibrary loan books tomorrow, so I wanted to write up a review of two books devoted to breech babies. The...

This post really should be titled "Birth on a boat" but birth at sea sounds much more romantic and dramatic, right? I got to know ...

Remember a few months back, when I posted a request for help for a woman in Serbia looking into her birth options ? I heard back from her fr...

If you haven't heard about the whole Motrin babywearing ad controversy, I would be very surprised. First, Motrin placed a video ad on it...

North Shore to Rally to Keep Birthing Options Open MEDIA ALERT Contact: Christa Terry Phone: (978) 922-4970 christadterry@gmail.com BEVE...

I got my fetoscope out last night but wasn't able to find the baby's heartbeat. That was probably due to Zari jumping around and mak...

I am giving away two boxes of Fragonard mensonge bath scents and one bottle of Arielle perfume. Arielle has notes of jasmine, tuberose, lil...

A recent study done at UCSF found that waiting two hours before performing a cesarean after a diagnosis of FTP during active labor could eli...

I spent yesterday evening and all day today selling my sling rings at a handmade craft fair. I shared a booth with two other women from chur...

I love the parts in this article, Baby, You're Home , about cleaning up "the mess," finding enough space in small NYC apartmen...

Failure To Progress or Failure To Be Patient? The diagnosis of FTP ("failure to progress") in labor is a hotly contested term. Wha...

A London woman who gave birth at home, and whose birth was filmed by the BBC, wrote about her choice in The Daily Mail : I gave birth in my ...