The first hour after the birth is such a momentous time for the mother and her baby that it is often called the Sacred Hour or Golden Hour. Uninterrupted skin-to-skin…
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The Birth in the Age of Artificial Light – Michel Odent Over the millenniums, the area of the human brain where the thinking takes place, called neocortex, has become larger….
Prodromal labor is the medical term for ‘false labor’ but that doesn’t mean it’s not real labor! Ask any woman who has experienced this and she will surely tell you…
It’s been almost two years since I took a leap of faith and opened my homebirth practice and today, I’m reflecting on how much homebirth has changed the way I…
A “hands off” birth and why I practice this way. I rarely touch a woman during childbirth. It is very unusual that I check her cervix unless she ask me to…
With Music, There’s A Different Feeling In The Air Some of the most memorable deliveries I attended had a more festive feeling that only music could have created. Listening to…