Where my story starts is a bit of a question mark, to be perfectly honest. I suppose that it would only make sense to...
To the women who give birth without pain medication…
I salute you. I bow down to you. You are a fierce warrior.
With my first...
When you have a premature baby, your life becomes punctuated with numbers.
It took me 4 years to get pregnant. That’s 48 negative pregnancy tests...
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...
There is no question that suffering a miscarriage is devastating, heartbreaking, and all-consuming.
Depending on how far along the pregnancy was, the physical recovery itself...
I've written before about my struggles with breastfeeding my first daughter, Nora (you can read more about that here). When I found out I...
In a recent article written by the New York Times on the role of midwives in American births, Mary Lawlor, a Vermont CPM and...
Let’s face it, we all have unavoidable annoyances that cross our paths from time to time and make us cringe, sweat a little and...
Like a growing number of Vermonters, my husband and I decided to wait to have a baby. I was nearing my mid-thirties when we...
There are many, ever-changing books, blogs, and websites on the topics of pregnancy, labor and birth, breastfeeding, and newborn/child wellness. Whether you are having...
Some women plan their births like a wedding, imaging the beautiful, spiritual experience years before conception. Like any experience with high expectations, we may...
There comes a time in every mothers life when we make the decision that this one is our last.
We are ready to watch...
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...
We have a new series coming up on the blog! Check out the video below to learn more about it and how we want...
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...
