Here’s Why Experts Say You Shouldn’t Wash Your Baby After Birth

Mothers of teenagers, think back to the happy day when your son or daughter was born: Shortly after birth your infant was likely taken away from you. It was to be expected—after all, the baby needed to be cleaned up and washed off. But now, experts are saying there’s evidence that parents should wait...

The Birth Pause: Unhurrying the Moment of Meeting

If a ‘pregnant pause’ is a breath held in a story, a moment’s stillness where we linger between what has been told and what is yet to be told, then what we are calling a ‘birth pause’ might be thought of as a breath at the moment of birth: a place to linger, suspended briefly between what has just happened...

Your Child Should Never Be Forced to Hug Anyone (Yes, Including a Relative) – Here Are 7 Reasons Why

Your Child Should Never Be Forced to Hug Anyone (Yes, Including a Relative) – Here Are 7 Reasons Why – KidsLoversCenter  Content Warnings: incest, rape, and sexual violence) Two of my good friends had their first baby late this past year.From the get-go, Baby was a cuddly little girl. (Or, as her two...

Top five unnecessary medical procedures for newborns

Timothy Ho, MD, from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues identified candidate unnecessary tests and treatments in a national survey. Over three rounds of a modified Delphi process, an expert panel comprising 51 individuals representing 28 perinatal care organizations narrowed...