How to prepare for birth

How to prepare for birth

How can a woman prepare for birth?   The list that most pregnancy websites, doctors, and even midwives and doulas will provide you involves things like: Buy the right stuff.  Diapers, baby carriers, furniture for the baby’s room, strollers, all manner of...
Why Birth Matters

Why Birth Matters

Birth matters.   And not because there’s a unique, fresh, innocent, [adorable, snuggly, pink, delicious] new baby that comes into the world as a result. It’s because as that unique, fresh, innocent, [adorable, snuggly, pink, delicious] baby is born,...
Creating a Pregnancy Practice

Creating a Pregnancy Practice

A deep breath.   Air tumbling into capillaries.  Nourishing, oxygenating.    Eyes focused beyond the backs of her hands, the eyes of her lover, beyond the walls of the room, focused subconsciously on the thrumming power of all the Women Who Have Come Before....