Don’t Call it Extended Breastfeeding; It’s Just Breastfeeding
Extended breastfeeding sounds funny to me. In my mind extended breastfeeding would just be adding 10 more minutes to my …
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Risk, Birth and Informed Consent
I interviewed Dr. Stuart Fischbein regarding “risk” after having read an article about the “fetishizing” of vaginal birth and the …
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Breastfeeding, Dads, and Intimacy
What do dads need to know about mothers, babies and breastfeeding that is most important? How can new dads adjust …
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Why You Can’t Have a Breech Birth
Do you know someone who was told they had to have a cesarean section because their baby was breech? If …
Read MoreSkin to Skin, What it is and what it isn’t
IS SKIN TO SKIN IDEAL? There’s always the ideal but the ideal is rarely attainable. There are so many ideals …
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THREE THINGS WE NEED TO STOP DOING TO NEWBORNS!
Reposting from a while back: I just attended the Trust Birth Conference in Nashville, Tennessee where I presented on the …
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Everyday is Down Syndrome Day
A BABY IS BORN The 23rd was World Down Syndrome Day. I asked my husband if he knew we missed …
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The Seduction of Induction
The Seduction of Induction or the Wooing of the Pregnant Woman I know, I know, you feel like you’ve been …
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Homebirth Cesarean International: Unexpected Outcomes in Childbirth
Watch our Episode Progressive Parenting Radio Presents: Courtney Jarecki Courtney the cofounder and executive director of HBCI, and the author of …
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