Pregnancy & Birth

One Mom, Every Mom, A Million Moms, and Several More Million Moms

October 25, 2011




There are apparently around 85 million moms in the United States. Maybe you are one of them. Did you know that it only takes one mom? That could be you. You could be the one mom using your voice on behalf of the world’s poorest. But in reality there were 10 social media moms who [...]

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Up All Night: The Birth (Yikes!)

October 20, 2011




I found the past couple of weeks of Up All Night to not be good enough or bad enough to write about. There were some funny parts and some parts that made me roll my eyes, but nothing that drove me to my keyboard. But this week’s topic was birth and I have had a [...]

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Birth: Live and Political

October 4, 2011




Were you ever scared of child birth? I know I was with my first baby. Although I’d read a few pregnancy books, birth seemed so foreign and so strange to me. I don’t spend a lot of time in hospitals and like it that way, so the idea of going into a hospital to push [...]

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Learning Sex of Fetus at 7 Weeks: Medical Progress or Ethical Nightmare?

August 11, 2011




A new study was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association about a blood test that can predict the sex of a fetus using a non-invasive procedure (blood test) at 7 weeks pregnancy. My colleague Kristina wrote a post explaining more about the procedure and technology at Care2. I have mixed feelings [...]

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Preparing an older sibling for a new birth

March 23, 2011




One of my favourite natural parenting bloggers is Lauren from Hobo Mama. I’ve been following her tweets and posts about her pregnancy with Baby #2 and know she has been doing a lot of thinking and researching. When I was planning my March guest bloggers, having Lauren post about her preparations for bringing a second [...]

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How many dates before you request prenatal genetic testing?

January 15, 2011




It can be devastating to learn that your child has a disease, whether it is a deadly one, a potentially deadly one, or one that will impact her daily life for the rest of her life. There is already a lot of controversy around prenatal screening and diagnostic tests that can be used to test [...]

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Cora’s Story: The hidden disease of congenital heart defects

September 27, 2010




Today I am welcoming my friend Kristine as a guest poster. I have been following Kristine (@KristineBrite) on twitter for quite a while and have been inspired by the way she turned her personal tragedy into incredibly important advocacy work that will save the lives of infants. Kristine blogs and shares important information on her [...]

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What should you tell expectant/new parents?

July 11, 2010




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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German midwifery care threatened

May 7, 2010




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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Are we using our brains when it comes to epidurals?

February 26, 2010




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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