Category Archives: Links
Preparing Siblings – Suggested Readings
It’s fun to do some special welcome baby activities to help your children understand what is happening and get excited about the new little one arrive. Here is a post with some crafty ideas, and here are some books we … Continue reading
Vitamin D for Babies
We are using vitamin D drops for the first time with our nursing baby & these were the ones I heard the best things about, Carlson Labs Super Daily D3 for BabyI am really impressed. I was skeptical at first … Continue reading
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Eating in Labor
From the doula guide again: When you are in labor, whether to eat is ultimately your personal choice, even though the hospital staff may strongly discourage or wish to prohibit it. Do your best to avoid a heated confrontation about … Continue reading
Beautiful Home Waterbirth
Video here.
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Breastfeeding & Brains
In a nutrition book I’m reading they mentioned the higher IQ scores found among breastfed babies but said perhaps it’s related to the increased bonding from frequent feedings – since breastmilk is digested faster, bottle fed babies often go longer … Continue reading
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Pregnancy – Keep Them Baking!
Why every week counts – interesting article about the dangers of inducing labor/scheduling c-sections for babies prior to 39weeks. Not just short term risks but the long term impacts showing up in children school age. And the diagram of comparative … Continue reading
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Consumer Report & Pregnancy!
Consumer Reports article about potentially risky & way overused medical interventions and underused low risk tools to help with pregnancy & birth. Nothing shocking or earth shattering, just more verification that even if we have the medical tools, it does … Continue reading
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Birth Links to Explore
Borrowing the following from my midwife: Orgasmic Birth Homebirth in the Hospital: Integrating Natural Childbirth with Modern Medicine Birth Models That Work The Business of Being Born She met authors of some of the books and it was very interesting … Continue reading
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Breastfeeding & Heart Disease
This new report says that breastfeeding a year decreases your risk of heart disease, among other things… that’s nice to read, as I sit here typing with a nursing baby resting his head on my arm. It’s good to know … Continue reading
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Resource List
Here is an Amazon link for books we have read and enjoyed enough to share! GENERAL PREGNANCY, BIRTH & NEWBORN INFORMATION: Ask Dr. Sears, one I reference often. Henci Goer, author of The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Birth The Midwife … Continue reading
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