Labor and birth
Oct 15, 2012
If I had to sum up what reaching thirty-seven weeks gestation feels like, I suppose I would point to an incident that took place a few days ago when I checked the expiration date on the carton of milk in our →MORE...


At my last prenatal appointment, one of the midwives who works at my birth center asked how I felt about a student midwife participating. Um, I gave birth to my daughter at a teaching hospital with no fewer than seventeen strangers →MORE...


Oct 01, 2012
Dear Baby, In an ideal world, you and I will only share my body for another three to seven weeks. Half of the time, I reflect upon this and think “Wow! Really? Only three to seven more weeks? Time flies!” The →MORE...


Sep 18, 2012
*** I know that talking about postpartum is not everybody’s cup of tea, so here! Look! Gratuitous picture of a cute kid in the laundry basket! During my first pregnancy, everybody imparted parenting opinions and regaled me with birth stories, but →MORE...


Aug 30, 2012
Lately Charlotte has developed a habit of sitting outside the shower and bombarding me with questions while I scrub up. It is fascinating to me to hear where her imagination takes her as she tries to make sense of the world. →MORE...

