Category: Delivery
Social Media and the Delivery Room
In a world of constant media access, when is the appropriate time to share the news about your new baby? Should you live tweet your labor? What about snapping a selfie within minutes of birthing your ... Read More
How to Write a Birth Plan
After giving birth to my second child, I was quite the talk of the maternity ward. It wasn’t because I arrived at the hospital 9.5 cm dilated or that labor progressed so quickly that my midwife bare... Read More
Home Birth Story: What if Something Goes Wrong?
Many thanks to Brittany McCardle of The Gentle Home for sharing her birth story with us. She shared the first part of this story on her midwife’s website. And congrats to her as she is expecting... Read More
Birth Story: Messier, but Faster Than Expected
Thank you, Joanna Azar, for sharing the first of your four birth stories with us. If anyone else would like to submit a birth story, visit our submissions page to learn more. I would say I was pretty ... Read More
Losing Modesty
I consider myself a pretty modest person when it comes to my body. Case in point, I was dress shopping recently and was having a difficult time deciding if I could pull off this little black dress. It... Read More
L&D Realities Survey
I remember before going into labor with my first, I wondered what it would be like. Would I know a contraction when I felt it? My midwife compared the sensation to intense menstrual cramps. I hadnR... Read More
Birth Story: A Hypno-Birth
Many thanks to Jen of Ecological Babies diaper store and blog site for sharing the birth story of her second child. And, congrats to her as she is expecting baby number three. May it be an easy and jo... Read More
Anniversary of Motherhood
This post originally appeared on my blog Defining Motherhood, but I wanted to share it today, my anniversary of becoming a mom. Six years ago today, I spent a lot of time walking. And walking. And wal... Read More