Yesterday I finished a 12 week anatomy and physiology 2 part course. At the end I posted my professor a note in the discussion area. I ...

Yesterday I caught the tail end of Dave Congalton on the radio talking with a local pediatrician who has written a new e-book about baby...

Dear Doctor, You will not gain my trust by pigeon-holing me at an unrelated professional public event and in a loud confrontational to...

Like many mothers, the road I started down after the birth of my son has taken me places I never expected. I have reinvented myself many tim...

These posts originally appeared as my Food for Thought series on Facebook . I wanted to provoke the women of San Luis Obispo county into thi...

Approximately 10% of women will truly need to give birth to their babies via surgery. For most of the women in this country this is far fro...

You are invited to join my "Whole"istic Mama and Papas parenting support and social group!  For the last twenty years I have b...

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."...

I believe in breastfeeding both for the healthy growth of a child and the healthy growth of a mother. When a new mother breastfeeds she l...

This is Nora Lewis the certified nurse midwife who caught my son at Sierra Vista Hospital in 1990. That birth changed my life forever and ...

The story of midwifery in America is a classic power struggle for women’s rights, respect and choice; a tale of the clash of women’s cultu...

Whose Risk are We Talking About? "We must never underestimate the power fear of litigation holds over obstetricians. In my experi...

I believe in breastfeeding both for the healthy growth of a child and the healthy growth of a mother. When a new mother breastfeeds she ...