On our way to Pittsburgh this morning, we got a flat tire. We had a spare tire but, as luck would have it, no car jack. So we had to wait fo...

What's better than buying or renting a birth pool? Getting one for free! My sister-in-law had her fifth baby almost two weeks ago. Her l...

I realized I had miscalculated how far along I was; when I made my spreadsheets for keeping track of everything, I must have skipped ahead a...

The reception for doctoral students...I'm looking a bit pale and wasted after my night of food poisoning. My parents drove down for all ...

We've been traveling since last Friday and just this afternoon arrived at our final destination for the Christmas holidays. The weekend ...

All downloads from AAMI's 2008 Trust Birth Conference and the Helping Hands Conference are on sale through the end of December. This i...

"James and Andrea"! I'm emailing you so expect to hear from me soon. Thanks to everyone for entering the ring sling giveaway.

We're leaving tomorrow to head west for my PhD graduation, then back east to visit several different sisters over the Christmas break. I...

Reminding everyone to enter the Second Womb ring sling giveaway . I am closing the giveaway at 5 pm Eastern Time tonight!

When I had Zari, we had an oversized Jacuzzi tub in our master bathroom, so I didn't have to worry about buying or renting a birth pool....

I've been musing about what I would do if I were to go into preterm labor. The answer is obvious if the baby were 30 weeks: go to a hosp...

A reader requested the recipe for the tomato soup that Zari had so happily smeared all over her face and belly. It's on this post ; scro...

A blog reader sent me a link to handmade mother & baby dolls that she makes: Cotton Mother Dolls . I WANT ONE!!! The mother doll is ar...

Another birth story from the family physician who wrote A quiet hospital birth . I gave the woman a pseudonym. Besides showing how a woman c...

Blowing my own horn a bit, but here's a recent review from a Second Womb customer . I want to remind everyone to enter my ring sling giv...

Also called cloth wipes or family cloth , cloth toilet paper is simply replacing disposable paper products with reusable, washable cloth on...

We found this steamer trunk at an antique store for $40. It's in really good shape, except the leather straps are a bit old and brittle....

A random sample of what Zari is up to these days: This is what happens when Eric does her hair Enjoying my homemade tomato soup Soup as body...

In Homework is the mother of prevention , Monica Dux argues that careful rese...