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• Tuesday Tours: What’s Happening on the Web

  
  Metropolitan Mama — Authority: 498
  Welcome to “Tuesday Tours: What’s Happening on the Web” where I serve as your tour guide and showcase the best contests, freebies, deals, and reads for moms on the web…all in one convenient location. Contests Enter to win a $50 gift card to Walmart ...
  18 hours ago

• Birth Story of the Week: Marthas Story

  
  Marvelous Kiddo — Authority: 520
  Because this week is my birthday week, I thought it would be apropos to invite my mom to tell the story of my birth as Birth Story of the Week! I am so grateful to her for sharing this with my readers. My mother has been THE influence on my life when it comes to all things related to child rearing, but most ...
  1 day ago

• Questions to ask the Midwife

  
  Mommy Blogs @ JustMommies — Authority: 439
  Going to see a midwife was very intimidating for me. Not because the midwife herself is intimidating- really, all three of the midwives that I have interviewed have been very warm and sweet. It was the process that is intimidating. Everyone knows how an OB works. You call the office, tell them you are pregnant, [...]
  2 days ago

• Role of midwives in a pregnancy

  
  Gifts and Shopping Review — Authority: 136
  Using a midwife is one of the options in delivering a baby.This is usually done at the homes of the mothers.  Plus this method is usually performed naturally.Natural means that there are no drugs administered to a mother during her delivery.There are lots of mothers who choose this method because there are lots of ...
  5 days ago

• Who needs an OB? Your Toddler can help you birth!

  
  Enjoy Birth Blog — Authority: 124
  Often birth really is so simple, a toddler can be your midwife ! I say that half kidding.  Sometimes birth can be complicated and more help is needed.  But often when births go fast like this, they are problem free and you don’t need anyone more than a calm soul to bring you a towel! One great thing about ...
  6 days ago

• Is it really dangerous to use a midwife

  
  Rec and Sports — Authority: 163
  One of the most misunderstood professions is that of a midwife.It might not be as popular in this technology-dominated days but there are still people who practice it.If you do not know what a midwife does they are the ones who assist pregnant mothers during pregnancy, while giving birth, and even after birthing the ...
  6 days ago

• Planned C-section turned unplanned HBA3C (home-birth after 3 Cesareans)

  
  Woman to Woman Childbirth Education — Authority: 129
  How’s that for a story? Oh, and it happened only about an hour away from where I live! Here’s the article, from the Memphis Commercial Appeal. She was supposed to show up for her fourth C-section on Dec. 6. Instead, she started having contractions on Friday the 13th. (Actually, she says in retrospect, she had [...]
  6 days ago

• Disputed Territory: A doctor reviews “Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for practice, education, and research”

  
  Science & Sensibility — Authority: 118
  This is a guest contribution from Katharine Hikel, MD. Dr. Hikel is a writer on women’s health for Medscape/WebMD. Peer-trained in feminist women’s health clinics, she is also a graduate of Harvard and the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She lives in northern Vermont with her family. Review: ...
  1 week ago

• 17-lb Home Birth

  
  Woman to Woman Childbirth Education — Authority: 129
  A couple of weeks ago, I came into a conversation, the first of which that I heard started with, “… he weighed 17 lb. at birth!” My first thought was, “Oh, it had to be a Cesarean!” But then I asked the story-teller to fill in what I had missed. The woman was referring to [...]
  1 week ago

• Refelctions on Sawyers Birth: Was I a Wimp?

  
  I Still Hate Pickles — Authority: 138
  In thinking back to how Sawyers birth went, Ive often wondered if I really could have pushed through labor to give birth at home instead of going to the hospital for the epidural. I mean, all labor is tough, right? Why could other people hack it and I couldnt? For one, you cant really measure your pain and stack it ...
  1 week ago

• What is the role of midwives during pregnancies

  
  Love Lyra — Authority: 140
  Using a midwife is one of the options in delivering a baby.This is usually done at the homes of the mothers.  Plus this method is usually performed naturally.Natural means that there are no drugs administered to a mother during her delivery.A lot of mothers are now choosing it because they can get a lot of [...]
  1 week ago

• Waterbirthing and its benefits to babies and mothers

  
  Consumer Electronics Tips — Authority: 145
  One of the options most women aren’t familiar with is having a waterbirth. This is the delivery where an expectant mother is placed in a tub filled with water.And then that is where she will deliver the baby. There are a lot of benefits that one can get from this method.  And although not as commonly known, more ...
  1 week ago

• Denialism

  
  Woman to Woman Childbirth Education — Authority: 129
  I liked NavelGazing Midwife’s post on this.Denialism is spreading in our country. From the “birthers” who don’t believe Obama is an American citizen to the continued denial of the Holocaust, standing on the moon and that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS. Depending on where you stand, the other side looks foolish, if ...
  1 week ago

• Guest Post-Cherylyn Douglas:My Birth Transformation

  
  The Beginning of Motherhood — Authority: 116
  I credit my mother for instilling in me a desire to give birth naturally, without pain medication. She was having babies in a time when women were being confined to bed and separated from their husbands, and even being knocked out with ether or chloroform during labor and having their babies delivered by doctors with ...
  1 week ago

• Benefits of waterbirthing

  
  Shopping Sea — Authority: 128
  One of the options most women aren’t familiar with is having a waterbirth. That is where during delivery a woman is placed in a bath or tub.And then that is where she will deliver the baby. There are a lot of benefits that one can get from this method.More women are now considering this method even if it is not a ...
  1 week ago

• Birth Story of the Week: From Home Birth to Hospital

  
  Marvelous Kiddo — Authority: 520
  Photo by Mike Quain This weeks birth story is shared by my friend Coralissa Delaforce, who blogs about her adventures in mommyhood at Family of Force . She had this to say about participating in the Birth Story of the Week series: " I love sharing my almost home birth story. I am that 5% ...
  2 weeks ago

• Contrasts.

  
  FRECTIS — Authority: 117
  I attended two births in one day, almost exactly 12 hours apart.  One was due last month, one was due this month.  One boy, one girl.  One woman surrounded by family, the other with only her husband.  One noisy, the other quiet.  One totally uncomplicated, the other almost completely complicated.  One born in ...
  2 weeks ago

• My New Little Guy

  
  Walking Therein — Authority: 121
  What can I say? I wanted to be a bit selfish with my newest little guy. I wanted to savour my time with him… so, it has taken me a bit to get up some photos. I know, you are waiting to see the photos… or did you already scroll down? Alright, alright, here you [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Delivering babies through waterbirth

  
  Computers and Software — Authority: 143
  Waterbirthing is one way of giving birth to babies which can be one option for mothers but they don’t usually know. That is where during delivery a woman is placed in a bath or tub.And then that is where she will deliver the baby. This method has a lot of benefits in store for the mothers and babies.And even if it ...
  2 weeks ago

• in which I muse on babies, birth, and chocolate

  
  SCIENCE-BASED PARENTING — Authority: 126
  We’re having a bit of a kerfuffle in the comments right now, concerning the question of home birth v. hospital birth. And I have to tell you, it’s another time in my life when I realize how amazingly lucky I am to be married to Grrl, and not to any number of previous wives or girlfriends who lack her basic good ...
  2 weeks ago

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