Monthly Archives: February 2010
Homebirth in a Commercial?
I first saw this video on the Mindful Mama forums. I really like it, so I thought I’d share. It’s a Spanish commercial for a mattress company. I would love to see something like this airing in the U.S. It would really help people understand that birth can be a natural, loving, peaceful event!
DIY Diaper Sprayer
If you use cloth diapers, eventually you will get a diaper with a sticky poo that just won’t come out without help. In the past, this would result in sticking your hand in the toilet to swish the diaper around until you liberate the diaper from it’s poopy mess. Fortunately, there are people out there with the smarts [...]
Kourtney Kardashian can Catch Her Own Baby – So can YOU!
I don’t watch much TV personally, and I certainly don’t keep up with the Kardashians, but when I saw this, I had to share it with you! On E!’s season finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney had CAUGHT her baby! Cheers to E! for showing this awesome event, that all mothers should be allowed [...]
Refresher: Midwifery’s Renaissance & Drugs, Knives, and Midwives
Here are two great articles from the April 2007 issue of the Utne Reader: Midwifery’s Renaissance and Drugs, Knives, and Midwives They’ve been posted before and talked about much. But they are great reads and it is always good to see positive press for midwifery care! Enjoy.
Two in the News: VBACs and Curbing Stillbirths
Cheers to msnbc.com for two positive articles: Vaginal Birth OK After Several C-Sections and Stillbirths Curbed with Just a Little Training Here’s my favorite quote: “Not only were they given kits to help babies start breathing, but they were told about the need to keep a baby warm by placing it bare-skinned on the mother’s [...]
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