The Displaced Uterus: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Barbara Loomis has a heartfelt enthusiasm for teaching people how to care for their reproductive and digestive organs through manual and movement therapies. She has dual certifications in abdominal therapy and is a practitioner of Visceral Manipulation™ as well as a Restorative Exercise Specialist™. In this...

Tell Me a Good Birth Story

This looks like a great website. Share your positive birth story. Every woman’s good birth story is different – but they are all exciting, encouraging and infectious. Some of the women who have agreed to be birth buddies have also let us share their stories here, to tell their stories more widely to anyone...

“Baby Brain” is Real – 5 Crazy Ways Pregnancy Changes Your Brain

Anne Lamott wrote that each baby comes out clutching a third of its mother’s brain. And in my experience, that feels about right! Just the other day, I warned my husband that I may be experiencing early onset dementia. Baby brain exists Most moms have experienced what is known as “baby brain.” And...

Gestational Diabetes: Please Don’t Drink the “Glucola” Without Reading the Label

I’m a midwife and MD who specializes in the health and wellness of pregnant mommas. While I’m one of the original crunchy mamas, I got the science thing down tight in my medical training at Yale, so I can keep you informed on what’s safe, what’s not, and what are the best alternatives. This article, in...

Childbirth Connection

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/ An abundance of article about all kinds of topics related to childbirth and cesarean birth prevention.

New Cesarean Prevention Recommendations from Obstetric Leaders: What Pregnant Women Need to Know

In March 2014, the two leading obstetric professional organizations in the United States issued a landmark joint consensus statement. The statement says that cesarean birth is overused in the United States. More and more cesareans now one in three births have not led to better health for mothers and babies....