27.06.2013
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Photo from Jade Beall’s Facebook page I saw photographer Jade Beall’s work in the Huffington Post on Tuesday. She takes beautiful, mostly nude photographs of women without correcting the photos in Photoshop and without excluding the angles generally regarded as … Continue reading
11.01.2013
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I got an email from a beautiful and healthy lady the other day who wanted some advice on eating while pregnant. She was thin and super fit before her first pregnancy but gained quite a bit of weight, quite unexpectedly … Continue reading
30.08.2012
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July 31, A Busy Day One Day Before Maya’s Arrival It was a cloudy morning. Rain was expected. I felt weird. My contractions were strong and frequent but we’d had a couple of false alarms in the last couple of … Continue reading
17.08.2012
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I’m a wild one. There’s not much I wouldn’t do or haven’t already done. So, naturally, I was gung ho about eating my placenta. The claimed benefits are many and extremely beneficial to a new mother. Eating the placenta is … Continue reading
07.08.2012
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Pregnant women in America get lots of tests. We’re tested for gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and AIDS, for diabetes, for iron, for ketones, and they even undergo genetic testing for our unborn children. One of the last tests doctors “require” is … Continue reading
31.07.2012
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Hospital births often come with intervention Many women think that there is no reason to endure the “risks” involved in having a home birth when they can just deliver safely and conveniently in their nearby hospital and then head back … Continue reading
24.07.2012
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Julian has done a pretty good job photo journaling my pregnancy. Here are some of our favorite pictures! 8 and a half months 4 months 4 and a half months 4 and a half months 6 months 6 months 6 … Continue reading
19.06.2012
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Premature baby, alone with no sound of mother’s heartbeat or rhythmic breathing. History of Kangaroo Care Kangaroo care was invented in the late 1970s by Dr. Edgar Rey in Bogota Colombia as a response to the extremely high death … Continue reading
12.06.2012
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From Womanhood to Motherhood The transformation from womanhood to motherhood is a metamorphosis more profound than any other on earth. Having a child elicits more changes both gradual and sudden than anything else could provoke. A new mother will become … Continue reading
12.04.2012
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Paralyzed with morning sickness It’s hard to believe that the very diet which every doctor and internet pregnancy-help-page recommends for morning sickness actually contributes to or even worsens the problem. But it’s true. Diets high in refined carbohydrates actually make … Continue reading
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