Many pregnant women are extremely busy packing for the hospital, decorating their nursery, and planning their childbirth experience. They don’t give any thought to the period beyond delivery, and how they will handle the stresses of being a new mother. According to Sylvia Brown at About.com, most childbirth preparation classes do not provide future mothers [...]

People will often point out things you should or should not be doing with your new baby… “You hold him too much, you’ll spoil him! You should give her solids, she’ll sleep better at night! You should dress him more warmly! You should take off those blankets! What, you let your baby sleep in bed [...]

 
I read a story in the news about a woman who delievered a baby in the hospital parking lot, aided by her husband who had experience delivering baby farm animals. The husband could not get into the building because he couldn’t locate the buzzer near the enterance, and the baby just wouldn’t wait any longer. Luckily [...]

You may have noticed that your new baby love to sleep cradled in your arms, but the moment you lie him down in bed, he wakes up and cries until you rock him back to sleep again. I have often wondered what it is that the baby loves so much… the position he’s held in, [...]

The Independant’s article “Stillbirth: Life after Loss” is meant to provoke questions about keeping maternity units open and accessible. But to me it just deepens my questions about the decision to give birth in a birthing center or at home, rather than in a hospital. The frightening possiblity that something could go wrong (as in this [...]

It’s four days into the New Year, but it’s never too late for a new start. If you haven’t decided on a New Year’s resolution, here are some suggestions from SureBaby.com. (These are specifically directed toward parents, but work equally well for parents-to-be!)

TV & Computer Limitations - Set limitations for T.V. and the computer to [...]

More unpleasant news for women undergoing c-sections, according to this article, “Caesarean mothers triple hysterectomy risk for next pregnancy.” This is the result of a study done in the UK, where up to one in three women have a Cesarean, in some parts of the country. “It found that a history of Caesarean delivery meant [...]

Some people swear it worked for them. Some people try and try and nothing happens.  This study says it will bring on labor. This study says it won’t. Some are willing to try anything. Some can’t think of anything they’d like to do less.
The answer seems to be: PROBABLY NOT. I think your body [...]

You would think there was something awful about to happen the minute you pass your due date, the way some women talk about it. Do an online search for “overdue” and you’ll hear tons of women moaning and weeping about how they just want the baby out already and can’t handle being pregnant any longer (and [...]

I hope my loyal readers have not been too busy wondering how I’m doing and why I have not been blogging so regularly… In case you were wondering, no baby yet! Just internet problems and the fact that some days I’m so wiped out, I don’t get around to many of the things I’d like [...]