Tag: birth
What To Expect When You Have a Cesarean Section Delivery
Happy Cesarean Section Awareness Month! Did you know 1 in 3 birthing women in the United States deliver via a cesarean section? Even if...
Coming to Terms with the Reality That My Uterus Is No...
I am no longer renting out my uterus to tiny humans.
The two times I rented out the space, it brought periods of food cravings,...
To the Women Who Give Birth Without Pain Medication
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...
Top Ten Ways to Use Coconut Oil
If you've been in any moms group online you probably know that along with breast milk, coconut oil is often suggested as a cure-all...
The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages
The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages
So much effort is devoted to preparing for labor and birth throughout pregnancy, but what...
2015-2016 Pregnancy and Postpartum Support Guide
We are so excited to present this new resource of expecting and new moms! We know that pregnancy and the postpartum period can be...
Doula Support? YES
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...
Healing Scar: the surprising empowerment of a c-section
I’ve always defined the word “scar” as the visible mark left by a wound or injury. But the dictionary defines it as “the mark...
This House is Clear: The Healing Process of my Second C-Section
Okay, so, never in a million years did I ever think that I would be writing that having a second C-section would be a...
The Importance of Postpartum Nutrition
There is no doubt that giving birth requires phenomenal physical, emotional, and spiritual energy. I certainly felt zapped and depleted for weeks after giving...
8 Surprising Things I Learned From Hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing? Hypnosis for Birth? Hyp-NO-WAY-did-she-really-do-that-birthing? However you say it, I'm here to share some things I learned from my experience.
I first heard about hypno-birthing...
The Making of Mothers: Vermont Midwives Association
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...
How I Became a Mother: Still a work in progress.
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Vermont Midwives Association to bring you our latest series titled “How I Became a Mother” in honor of Mother’s...
All Births Count
We cannot help but to compare our experiences with other moms. It seems that in so much of our everyday parenting, we tend to...