Statistics are an interesting animal. You can shape them or skew them various ways. They are used by many people to prove points or to motiv...

The typical first time mother forgets that birth is about so much more than just her labor and birth experience. It is about her baby's ...

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...

Supporting women in labor I have come to believe this with all my heart. Even when birth takes a dramatically different path than the o...

Occasionally I ask a guest to write a piece for my blog. For Attachment Parenting month I posted a simple question in my Holistic Mamas and ...

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

Joe was screaming. His cries pierced my heart and filled my head with panic. It was our first long car trip. My son was about 8 weeks old ...

California Measles Outbreak; What's a Parent to Do? How to Not Gain MY Trust

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...

Starting from Scratch  I grew up on wonder bread sugar butter sandwiches; except it wasn’t even butter but soft margarine from a tub. I...

Months ago I was asked the question how did my husband show his support of my choice to breastfeed our son? I am ashamed to admit that I ...

PREPARING FOR BIRTH Healthy Beginnings/Healthy Choices:   Get your pregnancy off to a great start! Why Should I Take Classes?   If yo...

Learning from Our Birth Sisters.   Why I have begun my birth story project. A Safe Place: Stories Can Help Us Heal.  The importance of ...

My Parenting Group: For on-going support after your baby arrives. Re-framing Birth: Thinking about birth from your baby's point...

TOPICS OF INTEREST TO PREGNANT COUPLES The best reason to take care of yourself! Food for Thought: Posts from my Facebook series...

I would like to introduce you to a resource I rely on for my doula clients, Erin Parsons,DC owner of San Luis Obispo Chiropractic. Over t...

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...

Many women who birth outside of a hospital setting are changed by that experience for the rest of their lives. It begins in pregnancy as the...