Our bodies are meant for this.
This innocent-sounding phrase is everywhere. You read it in novels. You hear the instructor in childbirth class repeat it...
When Ang and I decided to have kids, we landed quickly at the decision to purchase anonymous donor sperm through a sperm bank.
The process,...
Doula support? YES
More and more individuals and families are choosing to use the support of a Doula during their childbearing year, and specifically during...
We all know that it takes a village to raise a child. But in some cases, it can take a village to even conceive...
Some women plan their births like a wedding, imaging the beautiful, spiritual experience years before conception. Like any experience with high expectations, we may...
In a recent article written by the New York Times on the role of midwives in American births, Mary Lawlor, a Vermont CPM and...
When you’re pregnant, the sound of a Doppler not picking up a heartbeat is deafening.
That quiet when you’re waiting for the reassuring, rhythmic beating...
When you are pregnant it feels like every part of your body aches at some point. With my first pregnancy I struggled with different aches...
There are certainly different paths in life and each day we make decisions that lead us down these varying and winding paths. Sometimes, we...
As we come into the 30th week of pregnancy, my husband and I have many lists going. A list on things to get done,...
Recommendations provided here are not intended to replace conversations with your own medical care provider.
A nurse's perspective on any medical concern is always welcome....
In the wake of Cheryl Hanna’s death, the beloved Vermont Law School professor who recently took her life due to her private struggle with...
A mother is impatiently counting down the days until her due date. Her belly protrudes to unbelievable proportions and vigorous kicking keeps her awake...
“Almost done!”
That’s what everyone keeps telling me, but pregnancy has a funny way of messing with time. Days seem longer, weeks are anxiously marked...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
