This week we asked you to share pregnancy with us. Read more about pregnancy on our resource page. Link up!  Read More…

7 Comments | Posted in Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Wordless Wednesday

It’s not always easy to find advice beyond the first pregnancy – Laura shares what she’s learned about making that 9 months easier when you’re dealing with more than one child.  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Balance, Family Structure, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting

A big congratulations to the winner of the Autographed Birth Matters by Ina May Gaskin sponsored by Lauren of Hobo Mama — #85! Christina Christina says: “I’ve never had a midwife, but I hope to with my next pregnancy. I like how midwives spend more time with moms, give them personalized care, and support the natural birthing process.” The winner was …  Read More…

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I had the joy of hearing midwife Ina May Gaskin speak in Seattle and would like to offer my Ina May-signed copy of Birth Matters to one reader who wasn’t lucky enough to have seen her in person!  Read More…

99 Comments | Posted in Birth, Natural Parenting Products, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways

Everyone’s experience of childbirth differs, and whether fortunate or unfortunate, there is no one-size-fits-all, step by step guide to having the “perfect” birthing experience. That said, however, I’ll never forget the midwife who said to me that the best births she had ever attended were those of mothers who were well researched. I completely understand where she’s coming from – …  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Birth, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting

The decision to have a child is momentous, beautiful, exciting and inspiring.  It is the deep recognition within us that drives us to think the world should go on, and we’d like to be a part of helping it along.  There are few things that hold as much beauty.  On the flip side of things, the gradual realization that it …  Read More…

5 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Babywearing, Breastfeeding, Cloth Diapers, Ecological Responsibility, Feeding With Love, Fertility, Green Living, Healthy Living, Love of Nature, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting

Prenatal yoga is a wonderful exercise and form of stress relief for a pregnant woman. It balances posture, allowing her chest to expand more easily as her growing belly impedes on breathing. As her joints relax, yoga’s gentle strength training movements strengthen the muscles around those joints and in her core to support her growing baby and swaying back. Yoga improves …  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Birth, Healthy Living, Keeping Active, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting

While reading Misconceptions – Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf, I don’t think I’ve ever been so angered and yet so pleased with a book at the same time. This is a very insightful look at one woman’s journey through pregnancy and delivery, her experiences, and the sometimes hidden, and not so hidden agendas of doctors, hospitals, children’s product companies and more.  Read More…

1 Comment | Posted in Activism, Birth, Feminism, Fertility, Natural Parenting Products, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways

I am a huge supporter of home birth, and a believer in the idea that we should trust the natural process of birth. I do not believe that a normal birth is a medical event, and I feel that in most cases, medical intervention is a detriment rather than a help. I also birthed in a hospital. I sincerely wanted a home …  Read More…

25 Comments | Posted in Birth, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting

Instead of treating birth as a normal, natural event, it’s a crisis from the get go. The most important thing we can do to change birth practice in America is to stop inducing pregnant women. We must get back to the normal process of childbirth.  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Activism, Birth, Body Image, Feminism, Fertility, Healthy Living, Holistic Health, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting