Top 10 Pregnancy Books

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My top ten list of best books about natural pregnancy and birth including books from some of the legends of the natural birth rebirth: Ina May Gaskin and Dr. Grantly Dick Read. I recommend these books to anyone considering natural birth or looking for a better birth experience.

The Birth of Baby “G”

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For all men who happen to read or anyone else not interested in hearing all the details of birth, here is the short version: Labor was long, mom is fine, baby is fine… the end. For anyone interested… here’s the full story: The Birth of Baby G I took the pregnancy test just before I [...]

Make Your Own Natural Labor and Birth Kit

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I’ve gotten several emails lately about resources and advice for natural labor and birth. Since I hit “full term” this week and am working on getting things ready myself, I thought I’d share some of the best resources I’ve found and what goes with me during labor/delivery. Some books that I read that were influential [...]

Do You Have a Stinking Gut? (And Why You Should Want One)

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  Hippocrates was once quoted for saying “all disease begins in the gut.” Time is proving Hippocrates to be a pretty smart guy, and science is even now linking poor gut health with a myriad of health problems. From eczema to poor immune health, it seems that our gut health influences much more than we [...]

My Birth Saga- Part 15

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Finally on day 6 of NICU, the doctor finally said that he was doing well enough and eating enough to take the umbilical IV out. I was going to finally be able to hold my baby! Several hours later once he had the IV out and they decided he was stable enough, I cried as [...]

My Birth Saga- Part 14

How to have a healthy pregnancy

At the same time, the pediatric nurses called in the pediatrician and decided that Tre needed to go to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as he wasn’t absorbing enough oxygen. I was terrified and torn. I wanted Italian Stallion to stay with me, but told him to go with Tre and make sure he [...]

My Birth Saga- Part 13

How to have a healthy pregnancy

In the exam room, they explained to me more of what would happen and prepped me for a spinal. They had a resident student give me the spinal and it took him several tries. I has having contractions and leaning forward for 15 minutes while he repeatedly poked my back was not fun at all. [...]