Birth (an extreme sport)- Sponsored by…

There are people who really believe that having a baby is inherently dangerous. Maybe more dangerous than extreme sports. Not just people watching A Baby Story on TV, where women are routinely whisked away in a panic for surgery. Not just people regularly watching women on soap operas faint, only to find out they are [...]

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The Mop

In a way I want to begin this post by apologizing for my messy house. But the truth is, I’m not all that sorry. I don’t enjoy cleaning and scouring and don’t get the thrill of accomplishment, satisfaction of a job well done, etc., from cleaning- generally speaking. So when I got up before 5 [...]

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Hospital Birth – my transition

When I was pregnant the first time, I didn’t even know women still had babies at home anywhere hospitals existed. It just didn’t occur to me. I’m not sure if knowing other women made that choice would have had any impact on my decision to go to a hospital. Maybe. But probably not. I followed [...]

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A Right way and a Wrong way?

I love books about babies and pregnancy and childbirth. I love reading what others have to say. I love it when my mind opens to new information and I stand back and think to myself- Well, that’s a new way to look at it. I spent so much of my first pregnancy devouring as much [...]

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Another Perspective on Birth

I used to think that women who had epidurals or c-sections were missing out on something important. I actually felt sorry for them before I realized how ignorant I was. See I was looking at things from the only perspective I had. I had only my own birth experiences to guide me. I wasn’t really [...]

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