Choosing a care provider and the environment within which you will give birth is a huge decision with a lasting impact. It is important...
The first time I heard of the "4th trimester" I kind of shrugged it off, thinking it was just one mom being dramatic. Thankfully...
It's not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth.
Barbara Katz Rothman
We are so...
Do you love connecting with other women? Do you enjoy helping new moms through the early weeks and months of motherhood? Maybe you are...
Happy Cesarean Section Awareness Month! Did you know 1 in 3 birthing women in the United States deliver via a cesarean section? Even if...
When I was a new mom, the thing I wanted more than anything else was a working set of opposable thumbs. I wanted to...
Before having my son, I had a lot of fears over the dreaded postpartum period. After listening to the Birth Hour podcast for months,...
Are you hoping for an “on-time” arrival?
As a midwife and new mother, I knew the emotional dangers of becoming attached to my due date...
Don't you want another one?
Sometime around MJ's first birthday people starting asking us this. At that time we weren't ready, we'd had a rough...
Here's the deal: I wanted boys.
Let me backtrack a bit. I may be a new writer for the BTV Moms Blog, but I am...
By now, you may have read about some of the struggles and challenges other women have faced getting and staying pregnant. My husband and I...
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...
At my last doctor appointment, my OB asked what my birth plan was. You see, last time I had this lovely, detailed, birth plan...
I made it four weeks between appointments. Four whole weeks. Considering I found out about our pregnancy when I was just two weeks pregnant and...
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...
