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    Archive for March, 2007

    Birth: A Family Celebration

    Saturday, March 24th, 2007

    My daughter Mary gave birth last week to her fifth daughter and our eighth grandchild. Baby Claire was born at home on Sunday morning, the day after St. Patrick’s Day, and 36 hours after an unexpected ice and snow storm in New York City.
    Mary started having strong but irregular contractions early Sunday morning. Her midwife and [...]

    Posted in Birth Stories, Confident Birth, Home Birth | 5 Comments »

    More good press for the breast

    Friday, March 23rd, 2007

    I don’t think of myself as a name dropper, but really, don’t we all have an important person or two in the world that we’re glad we know? One of my good friends is director of the Minneapolis Airport, a huge city unto itself like so many metropolitan airports in this day and age, with [...]

    Posted in Breastfeeding | 2 Comments »

    An eye-popping look at being Pregnant in America

    Monday, March 5th, 2007

    There are times those of us who believe in normal birth want to throw up our hands in despair, like when the annual CDC stats are announced, and the surgical birth rate continues to climb in our very modern country. Or like when another celebrity schedules her cesarean and it makes the first paragraph of [...]

    Posted in Birth and the Media | No Comments »