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    Archive for August, 2008

    Birth and Birthdays

    Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

    I’m on a plane crossing the North Atlantic…home from our family summer in Ireland. And, I am thinking of birth. Surprise!
    I am especially focused on birth because August 20 was my granddaughter Maggie’s sixth birthday. I can’t stop thinking of the day she was born. It was a glorious day for her mother and father [...]

    Posted in Birth Stories, Confident Birth, Home Birth | 2 Comments »

    Pregorexia?

    Thursday, August 14th, 2008

    I shouldn’t have been, but I was. Taken aback by the news on the home page of AOL today. Pregorexia inspired by thin celebs. Well, I’m not sure it’s all inspired by thin celebs. I think health care providers are probably giving mixed messages here. “Eat well but don’t gain too much weight” sort of thing. [...]

    Posted in Birth and the Media, Physiology of Normal Birth, pregnancy | 6 Comments »

    New Mothers Speak Out

    Friday, August 8th, 2008

    Childbirth Connection has just released the findings of their landmark postpartum research,  New Mothers Speak Out. This was a follow up study, six months later, of the women who were part of the Listening to Mothers II research. The results of this survey as as disturbing as the results of Listening to Mothers II.
    The Wall Street Journal reports [...]

    Posted in birth advocacy, postpartum issues, postpartum mood disorders | No Comments »