Category Archives: Preparing for Parenting

Preparing for birth, pregnancy, and 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.  MORE

• Giveaway: The Other Baby Book – $13 ARV {4.16; Worldwide} CLOSED

  The Other Baby Book is a wonderfully written parenting book with no-nonsense advice from two natural parenting mamas who have been there and done that. They tell it like it is, without judgment and with loving, sound, and gentle advice.  MORE

• Trying to Conceive while Breastfeeding

  A reader asks our NPN Mentors about trying to conceive while breastfeeding.  MORE

• A Language Lesson for Infertility

  As if the world of trying to conceive wasn’t confusing enough, there are also many terms and abbreviations that you may hear or see written when you delve into this world. This post has a mini dictionary of some terms that seem to come up over and over again!  MORE

• Embracing the Hospital Birth Experience

  I almost feel like a natural parenting blasphemer when I confess that I truly enjoyed my hospital birth experience.  MORE

• What to Say (and What NOT to Say) to a New/Pregnant Parent Who Receives a “Special Needs” Diagnosis

  More than 100 parents of children with special needs respond to the question “what should I say (and not say) to a pregnant/new parent who has received a special needs diagnosis?” Learn how you can respond with sensitivity.  MORE

• 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.  MORE

• 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!  MORE

• Infant Chiropractic Care

  Gretchen shares the benefits of chiropractic care for your baby.  MORE

• 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.  MORE

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