From the category archives:
I have a list of 10 things all new parents should know. Jessica has a list of things she should not tell new/expectant parents. What do you think expectant/new parents should be told? What do you think we should let them figure out on their own? Image credit: Emery Co on flickr //
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On May 5, International Day of the Midwife, the kids and I attended a protest in Berlin in support of German midwives. Midwifery care in Germany is currently threatened due to significant increases in the liability insurance premiums that midwives have to pay. According to the Deutscher Hebammen Verband (German Association of Midwives), the premiums [...]
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A 2009 study called Social disparity and the use of intrapartum epidural analgesia in a publicly funded health care system by Ning Liu MB, MSc et al concluded that in Canada “the use of labor epidural analgesia is decreased with decreasing neighborhood economic and education levels.” Or, in plain language: rich highly educated women are [...]
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In the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey released in 2009, 99.8 percent of Canadian women reported that they had at least one prenatal ultrasound and the average number was three (3) per pregnancy. A study released this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which looked at data from the health care system, confirmed those findings [...]
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Are you a newly pregnant mom? Or are you looking to buy a gift for a pregnant mom? Check out this crowd-sourced list of essential pregnancy products for ideas on what to buy. BellaBands I loved my Bella Bands and consider them an essential pregnancy accessory. I didn’t know about them during my first pregnancy, [...]
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Would you give birth here? In other words… Because Physicians at Aspen Women’s Center care only about doing things their own way and making as much money as possible from unnecessary birth interventions, even if it poses greater risks to the welfare and health your baby, we will not participate in a “Birth Contract”, a [...]
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I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]
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Image credit: yelahneb on flickr Where is the safest place to give birth? If you are at a low risk of complications, then a midwife assisted home birth is your best bet according to a new Canadian study by Dr. Patrician Janssen from the University of British Columbia. Better outcome for the infant According to [...]
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This is the second post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read it already, check out the first part What on Earth Were We Thinking? In attachment parenting circles nursing into toddlerhood is common. A lot of parents strive for child-led weaning or at the very least gradual and [...]
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Yesterday, I posted about the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey and asked you to answer a few questions about your birth experience, either on your blog, in the comments or by e-mailing me. Today I am updating with my answers and the links to some of your answers (if you haven’t answered yet, please do still [...]
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