I got into the car a few hours ago and was on my way to a postpartum visit. I heard some good news on the radio, or so I thought: In many public schools, high-sugar sports drinks and candy bars are going to be taken out of vending machines. Hooray! But then, the second part…
So, yesterday I went to the outdoor pool at the condo to which I moved a few months ago. It was a warm, sunny day – the kind I dream about on the bitter cold, grey, frozen days of winter, which seem to last forever. There were only two people at the pool – and…
I wrote this response to a man who emailed me telling me that he and his wife were thinking about circumcising their soon-to-be-born son. I have strong beliefs about how important it is NOT to know the gender of the baby before it was born, but as they had already found out, this was beyond…
Here is a link to a recent article by Jana Studelska CPM/LM, and a bit to whet your whistle: “She’s curled up on the couch, waiting, a ball of baby and emotions. A scrambled pile of books on pregnancy, labor, baby names, breastfeeding…not one more word can be absorbed. The birth supplies are loaded in…
A moment in transition…. The dull ache in my back subsides for a time, but it wont be long, I realize, until I will feel the increasing push and pull of that experience again. I place a hand on the window-ledge to steady myself and take a cleansing breath. The air is suddenly…
This article recently appeared in The Atlantic. Take a look! http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/the-most-scientific-birth-is-often-the-least-technological-birth/254420/
Nancy suggests making printed copies of the following article and giving it to friends and family who express concern about your decision to birth at home! You Want To Give Birth Where? By Michael Robertson Mothering Issue 140, January/February 2007 It was 1999 when my wife, Windy, told me that her pregnant friend…
One of my recent clients, a lovely woman with a sweet new daughter, kept a beautiful blog of her pregnancy experience. I hope you enjoy reading what she wrote. http://youblinkwhenyoulie.com/category/pregnancy/
BayStateParents Magazine’s March 2012 issue features an article about Nancy and about her Heal Your Birth Tears Workshops.