Author Archives: Anisa
Great Green Smoothie
In my classes I talk a lot about nutrition during pregnancy. I really feel like nutrition is very important at all times in our lives, however, pregnancy is often a turning point for many women. It’s a point when they first begin to look at what they are putting into their bodies for the first [...]
Book Review: Taking Charge of Your Fertility
Before I had children, my husband and I discussed me getting off the pill, not so we could have kids, but so I could quit taking hormones, as I had done for three years straight. I knew that taking hormones wasn’t good for my body and that oral contraceptives have been linked to an increased [...]
Crazy Pregnancy Dreams
One thing many pregnant moms are surprised to find is that they often have vivid and sometimes very strange dreams. During my third pregnancy, I had a lot of dreams about labor in odd situations. Once I dreamed that I sat in my midwife’s home waiting my turn to give birth, as she called her [...]
The Birth of a Mother
For me, ‘childbirth’ is a misnomer. When my son was born, I didn’t see it immediately, but I’ve realized now that really it was my birth. I became a mother, and was changed more in that moment than at any other time in my life. My husband and I were not going to be parents. I was [...]
Breastfeeding in the News (Again!)
This week these was a lot of hubbub over some comments made by a radio personality in South Carolina about breastfeeding in public. The female show host made some pretty destructive and bigoted comments about breastfeeding in public, including calling it indecent. I do not wish to post a link to the radio show because [...]
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