A new study once again shows the benefits of motherhood for the mother. Although you may feel like your brain is slower because of lack of ...

My doula journey takes me into people's homes and hearts. I am sometimes a receptacle for their smoldering anger or deep despair. I am a...

I am including this birth although it is not local but it does have a local connection. I met Jessica and Clayton when they participated i...

This is the first installment in a series I have been thinking about writing for some time. Over the years I have learned so much from so m...

Two new books delve into an issue I have been educating women about for almost 20 years: “Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape th...

There is nothing more earthbound than a heavily pregnant woman. Waking or sleeping, she feels more and more weighed down as she slowly plods...

African Mother by Denise Cummings Below is a beautiful piece on mothering from an African perspective. It is filled with wisdom. The author...

One morning recently I was getting ready to go to a La Leche League meeting when the phone rang. It was another doula , a friend, and she n...

Baby's First Latch I love catching this precious moment on film. Welcome Desiree! Born on 8/9/10 We never know how birth will go. ...

I love this humorous account of a local homebirth. The humor comes from her no nonsense down to earth truth telling about the challenges o...

Wow!!! Great new site full of just the right info for women considering trying to go for a vaginal birth after a cesarean! Thanks to Megan B...

I have had several couples over the years who were planning natural births only to be told at the end of their pregnancy their baby was bre...

Can you feel it? The pendulum is beginning to swing the other way again. Last February I witnessed a doctor emotionally manipulating a woman...

Today I put together a list of all the books I have read relating to pregnancy, birth, parenting and women's health as part of my L...