Descent Into Motherhood

I almost missed it! I didn't even know it was happening. But this week has been designated World Breastfeeding Week by the World Health ...

You know how birth is portrayed on TV: Commonly, TV birth happens mere minutes after the water breaks, precipitating a mad rush (in a taxi) ...

The Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation is currently partnering with doulas and childbirth researchers and birth activists in forming a b...

Today I received this letter from Maddy Oden, founder of the Tatia Oden French Foundation. Dear Friends: A childbirth activist (Christal Lut...

Today as I was watching HGTV, I had an idea based off the current slogan "Life's Biggest Moments Start at Home" and some of th...

When I was pregnant, I thought of a writing a birth plan for a hospital birth was like a cafeteria, you had choices--you could take and leav...

Lately, I've been yearning for a baby. I can feel it deep in my uterus. My body is wanting to birth another baby. I am happy for all the...

Its been over a month since I've posted last. I missed the uprorr about AMA's and ACOG's efforts to ban homebirth but I did hear...

I learned about transitional characters in a family studies course in college. The term mostly was applied to breaking the cycle of abuse or...

In a dark room with no windows, a drug coursing through my veins that left me bound and gagged. I lost my mind and coudln't move. I was ...