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You Had an Unplanned Cesarean, Now What?

There are many ways to feel about surgical birth, none of them right or wrong. When you imagine a low intervention birth, sometimes your...

Birth

Melissa F. Haley

Oct 68 min read

Places to Give Birth: Burr Ridge Birth Center

Fun Fact: The birth center building used to be a bank in a past life A series in which I share my own experience of birth places around...

Birth

Melissa F. Haley

Sep 224 min read

Laboring Through the Labyrinth: A Birth Story about Rolling with the Punches

For Roxanne, it was helpful to think of birth like a labyrinth, a concept she learned from the book Transformed by Birth. This is...

Birth

Orlena Fella

Sep 814 min read

Recipe: DIY Nipple Balm

If you are planning to nurse your baby, one of the must-have items that you will see on every list is nipple balm. Read on for why it...

Recipes & DIY

Melissa F. Haley

Aug 253 min read

Doulas in Cesareans

I am sitting in a labor and delivery room waiting for my client to return from her scheduled cesarean. I came in this morning and helped...

Birth

Melissa F. Haley

Aug 187 min read

Phoebe's water breaks in the show Friends

When Your Water Breaks: It's Not Like the Movies

It’s a classic scene. A pregnant woman gasps dramatically as a large puddle of clear water forms at her feet. Someone says, “It’s time,” and then everyone rushes into action to get her to the hospital as she goes into active labor within minutes.

Orlena Fella

Aug 46 min read