When I was offered the opportunity to participate in a postpartum/pelvic floor yoga class presented by The Iyengar Yoga Center of Vermont, a little...
When I was about 7 months pregnant I started scouting for a photographer to do some maternity shots.  I remember putting out a FB...
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...
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...
On May 2nd, 200 or so people showed up to Handle With Love’s 80s Prom Night at ArtsRiot in Burlington donning puffy sleeves, neon,...
The benefits of a Doula

Doula Support? YES

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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...
Some women plan their births like a wedding, imaging the beautiful, spiritual experience years before conception. Like any experience with high expectations, we may...
Dear Nora and Maggie, I want to start this letter by reminding you all just how much I love you. I know I tell you...
I chose not to breastfeed my babies. World Breastfeeding Week has been a time to reflect on my choices as a woman and as a...
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...
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....
Where my story starts is a bit of a question mark, to be perfectly honest.  I suppose that it would only make sense to...
He was born on the couch in my living room.  I had wanted a VBAC.  In my mind it was planned perfectly with me...
I still get goose bumps as I walk down the halls to the McClure Birthing Unit at FAHC, some 5 years later.  This time...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...