by Anne Roth I believe that a baby’s journey into this world should be as nature intended. It is normal and natural for a mother to labor without interventions. Ideally she should have a midwife and doula she trusts to help her along the way. It should be a peaceful and empowering experience filled with joy. I have two daughters,...
Guest Post by the Hyphenated Husband It’s Friday night, August 7th and I’m at Arlene’s Grocery, a rock club in New York’s East Village. The weird thing is that I’m in a New York club to check out a Chicago band. It’s amazing that family life can be so hectic that it takes a trip all the way to NYC...
Anyone who has been to a doctor in the last dozen years has seen and signed the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) form given out by their doctor or hospital. The HIPAA Privacy Rule was specifically designed to protect the privacy and integrity of personal health information collected by medical professionals about their patients. Essentially this means that...
Today was my first born son’s 4th Birthday. He’s currently obsessed with All Things Toy Story, so his aunt bought him the Buzz Lightyear costume that he had been begging for. There’s nothing that compares to seeing sheer joy on a child’s face when they are given exactly what their little heart desires. It melts me every time. I think...
In a long overdue press release, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists finally steps forward to revise the old guidelines that had once caused so many hospitals and doctors to “ban” VBAC. In a revision released today, The ACOG now states, “a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is a safe and appropriate choice for most women who have had...
Today was one of the most exciting, and terrifying, days of my life. As I’ve been finishing up my CAPPA childbirth educator certification process, I began searching for a place to teach my classes. I called all over my area pricing yoga studios, and found that most charge somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 per hour. If I want that...
This has been quite a week of justified outrage toward The Establishment and all that they do to undermine women’s health and autonomy. Let’s recap, shall we? I started this week by encouraging women to make birth plans, fully acknowledging that most hospitals and doctors hate them, yet still finding them critically necessary as a tool in the personal discovery...
