The two blue lines on a pregnancy test are the opening gates for a lifetime of decision making. But even before feeding, sleeping, schooling, and so on, there’s a more urgent choice to make: Who is going to care for mother and baby up to and during childbirth? Anyone who has watched a season or two [...]
Most women who seek the care of a midwife are experiencing healthy, low risk pregnancies. A midwife’s scope of practice includes caring for healthy women in healthy pregnancies. I have often heard midwives referred to as “guardians of the normal” meaning that midwives work very hard to help their mothers experience healthy, uncomplicated pregnancies. A very [...]
Have you decided how to have your baby? The choice is yours! First, you should learn as much as you can about all your choices. There are many different ways of caring for a mother and her baby during labor and birth. Birthing care that is better and healthier for mothers and babies is called “mother-friendly.” [...]
In case you are like most people, may very well not comprehend all the different undesirable influences in which stress might have on your system. Any time stress moves unrestrained, there are several health problems that can come about. And then, having to worry regarding your wellbeing brings about additional stress, along with a vicious loop [...]
Natural Birth The idea of natural childbirth can be very frightening for some new moms. After all, haven't we been told our whole lives that there is no pain on earth that compares with that of giving birth? There has been so much talk of the pain associated with natural childbirth, in fact, that millions of [...]
