Vaginal Birth After Cesarean 101
Baby-Proofing Your Marriage
Making Bath Time Fun
The First 40 Days Postpartum Survival Guide
Newborn Instincts
Postpartum Exercise
What the Heck is a Parenting Philosophy?
Lactation Suppression
Relatives and Postpartum Doulas; The Perfect Balance
Postpartum Nutrition
Where to Find That Holiday Glow
Holiday Traveling With Baby
Nitrous Oxide for Labor Pain
A Week of No School With a Baby and Toddler
Benefits of In Home Placenta Encapsulation
MIDWIFE SPOTLIGHT: Midcoast's Maud van de Wiele
Why did I do it and why I do it now have likely evolved. I do it now because I can think of no greater privilege in supporting and empowering women and families then being a part of such a treasured and personal journey. I'm sure there is a selfish component; it is I think as close as we get short of death to being a part of whatever great spirit or God you believe in.
I'm in a Relationship with Breastfeeding; and It's Complicated
Depending on who you ask, breastfeeding it the most natural, exhausting, beautiful, gross, impossible, essential, painful, perfect experience of motherhood. Some take to it like a duck to water, others struggle for a year to get the perfect latch, others know from the start that it’s not their choice for feeding their babies, some pump exclusively for months before being able to feed from the breast.