How to Write a Birth Plan
By Jackie, Contributing Writer When you first find out you are pregnant, it seems like you have a lot of ...
5 Reasons It Doesn’t Matter if You Poop In Labor
Image by Wikipedia By Kristen, Contributing Writer Poop happens — and that’s OK. If you’re really worried about having bowel ...
3 Options for Getting Your Dream VBAC
Pregnant after a cesarean? You have options! Look into everything and decide what sort of birth is best for you ...
8 Ways To Know You’re Close To Your Due Date
By Daja, Contributing Writer It’s the third trimester and the countdown to the baby’s arrival begins. People now freely ask, ...
Premature Rupture of Membranes: Is it Normal and How to Cope
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing labor and variations of normal, eben when it comes to premature rupture of ...
10 Ways to Prepare Your Children for a New Baby
By Amy Wood, Contributing Writer When parents are expecting their first baby they usually only have themselves to prepare, but ...
3 Visualization Exercises for Managing Labor
I have given birth 8 times. Every one of those births was extremely different–as different as each child! Some have ...
How to Prevent Tearing During Childbirth
By Kristen, Contributing Writer Research has shown conclusively that episiotomy (cutting tissues of the pelvic floor during birth) is not ...