Giving Birth at Home: Pros and Cons of our Homebirth Decision
Two-month-old’s giggles may just cure cancer and create world peace, my husband quipped the other day. We’re in the baby giggles stage now, those amazingly…
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Labor, Delivery, and Saying "NO"–5 More Interventions We Refuse
I went into my first labor like a warrior to battle, out to defeat the evil enterprises of medicine that would try to make me…
Natural Remedies (and Natural Products) for Postpartum Pain
Stitches in human skin are no fun. Stitches on an extremely sensitive area that move and pull every time you sit, stand, walk, talk, cough,…
Jonathan Michael: The Birth Story
“How many hours were you in labor?” I still can’t figure out what my answer is going to be. A week? A day? 2 hours?…
A Jonathan Michael Photo Gallery
We’re so pleased to announce the birth of our third child, Jonathan Michael! Born at 9:52 p.m. on Saturday, August 13th, John weighed in at…
Offering Up My Labor
Catholics have this great thing about sacrifice and suffering. We like it. Perhaps that’s a little misleading. I think I can rightly say we appreciate…