S-E-X and Pregnancy
Sex in pregnancy As if relationships weren’t complicated enough, pregnancy can throw yet another curve ball at a couple, especially when it comes to sex. It’s sensitive subject with innumerable potential discussion topics. Some women want more sex in pregnancy, others...
Every woman should be induced at 39 Weeks?
On May 16, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology met to discuss several matters with regards to their practice. One of the topics that were discussed was recommending routine induction at 39 weeks for all women. The birth community was rather in an uproar...
Can I refuse advised treatment? Informed Consent & Refusal
Consider this: child birth is the one and only time in your life when you will be admitted to the hospital – completely healthy. Birth is normal, and labor is not an illness, so you are not sick or diseased. You’re just having a baby. Yet, from the time you walk...
Active Management of Labor vs Expectant Management of Labor
All of the literature available to pregnant women today encourages them to “talk to your doctor or midwife.” This is sound advice. A good relationship with a well-matched, compatible care provider is of utmost importance in your pregnancy and birth. Yet the fluidity...
The Benefits of Singing for Prenatal Health
Music and singing are something that holds magical powers to make us relax, sing, fall asleep, and remind us of some precious moments or people we cross paths with in this world. However, for a baby in the womb, music serves as a means that helps to prepare its ear...
Birth doesn’t always go as planned… But there can still be beauty in it.
We are celebrating my son’s 5th birthday this week! Merrick’s birth plays a large part in why I am where I am today. Now bear with me… my mind may be a little fuzzy on all the events, and I hope I’m telling the story accurately and clearly, as...
Still loved in the Silence of Stillbirth
Nobody wants to talk about it. I can’t blame them. Nobody wants to think about it happening to them, their family, or their baby. But the fact is that, just like in other things in life, sometimes bad things happen in pregnancy and birth. There has been a lot more...
If only I had a doula when…
My protector, my nurturer, my teacher, my confidant, my best friend and my first love… By now you probably recognize all these wonderful attributes in someone very dear to you too; your mother. This post is unlike anything I’ve ever shared. It is a very...