It started January 2006. I had a six month old. My husband was a student. I was working half-time. I needed to find a way to cut costs. I found my solution in cloth diapers. It is now September 2007. I have a two year old (refusing to potty train) and a five month...
In my last post, I wrote about the increase in maternal deaths in the United States. In that post, I voiced (typed?) my opinion on the topic of preventing C-sections. Among other things, I had listed laboring at home as long as possible and avoiding induction as good...
Bonnie sent me a link to this article because she thought I would find it interesting. And I did. In 1977, the maternal death rate was 10 deaths for every 100,000 live births in America. In 2003, it rose to 12. In 2004, it rose to 13. The article does not mention any...
I believe that natural childbirth is best. I believe that the female body was created to give birth. We were not created to be cut open so that our babies could be through a man-made hole in our abdomen. We were not created to need the assistance of synthetic hormones...
I am very much an advocate of natural childbirth. I believe that the less intervention, the better. However, the freebirth movement makes me nervous. … ‘freebirthers’ choose to go through what some call the most painful and potentially frightening experience of...
