Posted by MamaWendy on Jun 20 2011 | Tagged as: Health
As I wrote in my last article about the safety of midwife-attended childbirth, there was more information I wanted to share. This article will cover in a bit more depth the specific ways a midwife promotes safer childbirth, while contrasting the common obstetrical practices and their risks. A recent study showed that pregnant women show [...]
Posted by MamaWendy on Jun 14 2011 | Tagged as: Health, My Life, Pregnancy
When I tell people that I birthed my son in a free standing birth center with a midwife attending, and that we will be birthing our second child at home with the same midwives, one of the first questions out of people’s mouths is “What if something happens?”. As I mentioned in Part 1 of [...]
Posted by MamaWendy on May 09 2011 | Tagged as: Baby 0-1, Breastfeeding, Feeding, Health
There is a lot of information out there about starting your baby on solid foods, whether you do research or just follow what your child’s pediatrician says. Therefore, most people know the basic, commonly accepted ideas on starting solids so I am not going to rehash all that. What I want to share with you [...]
