Category: ’Birth’
Embracing Our Potential: Birth as a Metaphor
Regardless of what our birth experiences are, the metaphor of birth is there to aid us in our journey through life. Read More…
10 Comments | Posted in Balance, Belief, Birth, Preparing for Parenting
Resources to Reduce Birth Fear
Amy shares several resources as well as an approach to self-care to help women work with fear surrounding birth. Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Birth, Parenting Philosophies, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting
Giveaway: Intensive Repair Oil From Avishi Organics — $39 ARV {5.19; US} CLOSED
This is a joint giveaway with The Artful Mama and Natural Parents Network for a bottle of Avishi Organics Intensive Repair Oil. Contest is open to US mailing addresses and closes May 19. Read More…
30 Comments | Posted in Alternative Medicine, Birth, Body Image, Healthy Living, Holistic Health, Natural Parenting Products, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways
Embracing the Hospital Birth Experience
I almost feel like a natural parenting blasphemer when I confess that I truly enjoyed my hospital birth experience. Read More…
15 Comments | Posted in Birth, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting
The Emotional Components of Bonding With Preemies
Having a premature baby can bring on many unexpected emotions for parents, but working through those emotions can bring about a wonderful bonding experience. Read More…
13 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Birth, Consistent Care, Holistic Health, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Preparing for Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Special Needs
Giveaway: Earth Mama Angel Baby Postpartum Care — 2 Winners $55 ARV {3.4; US} CLOSED
This is a combined giveaway of two gifts from Earth Mama Angel Baby: our first-prize winner will receive the Mama’s Postpartum Recovery Essentials Bundle, a $49 set; a second-prize winner will receive the Postpartum Bath Herbs from the bundle, available for $5.95. Two lucky readers will win one gift each, smoothing postpartum recovery! Read More…
62 Comments | Posted in Birth, Holistic Health, Natural Parenting Products, Preparing for Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways
Six Ways to Bond With Your Unborn Baby
Not everyone feels overwhelming love for their babies at or before birth, but if you did for one and don’t for the other, the guilt can be overwhelming. Here are a few thoughts on how to develop and encourage the bond of maternal love with your unborn child. Read More…
10 Comments | Posted in Birth, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting
Giveaway: 2 Sets of Children’s Homebirth Books $24 ARV {10.24; Worldwide} CLOSED
This is a combined giveaway of two beautiful homebirth books for children: Mama, Talk About When Max Was Born (ARV $16) and We’re Having a Homebirth!! (ARV $8). Two lucky readers will receive a copy of both books, making this giveaway’s total value $48! Read More…
24 Comments | Posted in Birth, Natural Parenting Products, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways
Giveaway: MotherMoonPads Cloth Menstrual Pads $27 ARV {9.28; Worldwide} CLOSED
MotherMoonPads is offering our readers a giveaway of a cloth menstrual pad prize pack, a value of $26.75. The pack includes two 10 inch Normal Pads and one 12.5 inch Ultimate Overnight/Postpartum Pad. Read More…
28 Comments | Posted in Birth, Ecological Responsibility, Fertility, Green Living, Natural Parenting Products, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … for Natural Parents
Expecting parents can find a ton of checklists online and in books like “What to Expect,” but so many of them focus on “what to buy” or “finding a hospital.” Those lists aren’t geared toward the more natural-minded family. This one is. Read More…
10 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Birth, Circumcision, Family Safety, Holistic Health, Parenting Philosophies, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Vaccinations
