The New York Times editorial board issued a surprising opinion statement in support of midwife-assisted births and legislation that supported midwife-assisted births. The Times referenced strong research from the UK that reversed a decades-old stance on the critical importance of birthing in a hospital. The fact that Britain’s National Institute for Health and …
By now, you’ve probably seen the news articles, like this one, reporting on the Danish study published in Pediatrics that found “that maternal influenza infection was associated with a twofold increased risk of infantile autism” and that “prolonged episodes of fever caused a threefold increased risk of infantile autism.” You’ve probably …
An analysis of 59,334 women from the Danish National Birth Cohort (1996–2002) was done and published in the American Clinical Journal of Nutrition. Researchers looked at soft drink intake in midpregnancy by using a food-frequency questionnaire in order to determine if women who drank soft drinks that were artificially sweetened had a …
Natural birth has been at the foundations of Everything Birth from its conception. It began in 2001 as a small resource center offering natural birth classes and workshops. Everything Birth’s owner, Crystal White, wrote, “My first child was born in 1997, and at the time I was still contemplating …
I had the misfortune of being afraid of childbirth. I desperately wanted a birthing center, midwife assisted birth, but I was scared. I didn’t know the facts. I didn’t know that in normal pregnancies, midwife assisted births are actually safe and enjoy fewer complications than hospital births. And so I …
Shhhhhhhhh! We don’t talk about this stuff do we? The thing is though, 1 in 3 of you have herpes, and 1 in 4 of you know it. It’s not like you’re some freak if you’ve found yourself pregnant with herpes. I guess this blog is aimed at a quarter …
Meat, sweets, fruit, salty. When you have a craving during pregnancy, your body is trying to tell you something. More calories, or more of a certain vitamin. It is really a good idea to listen to these cravings. Do not deprive yourself or your baby what you need. Unless …
After just giving birth, one of the main things on women’s minds is how to lose their pregnancy weight. Some use pregnancy as an opportunity to eat whatever we want, which of course will mean, re-establishing healthier eating patterns. However, for many women, all of the hormonal changes end up …
When I tell my birth story to some people they just can’t believe that I carried twins for 37 weeks thinking there was only one baby in there. They ask “weren’t you really big?” No. “Couldn’t you feel a lot of movement?” Kind of. But I had nothing to relate …
Living a healthy lifestyle is not only important for yourself, but it is imperative for our kids. Studies now indicate that there is metobolic imprinting that takes place in utero through the first two years of life. This programming effects how your child will process and metabolize food for the …
