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Why Your Birth Plan Matters
Tips for penning your wishes for the big day—plus what you’ll gain from the process.
Birthing Class Basics
There’s a lot more to learn than just breathing techniques.
Labor Room Lingo
From APGAR to vernix and everything in between, find the words you’ll need to know come birth day in our delivery dictionary.
The Birth Plan Checklist for Expectant Moms
Here’s everything to consider when making an agenda for your big day.
Planning for a Second Baby: What Moms Do Differently
For first-time moms the journey into motherhood is one massive body of uncharted water. No amount of reading or polling the audience can ultimately [...]
Birth Center vs. Hospital Birth: What to Consider in Maternity Care
Birthing centers are rising in popularity with today’s expectant moms, due in part to economic feasibility, model of care and desired birth outcomes. A [...]
Water Birth 101 With a Birth Educator
Have your sights set on bringing baby into the world via water birth? Unlike Hollywood depictions of labor and delivery where moms are uncontrollably [...]
10 Things Your Friends Haven’t Told You About Childbirth
If this is your first pregnancy rodeo, you’ve probably already discovered a few of the undisclosed aspects of growing a baby. After all, few [...]
What Happens to Baby’s Umbilical Cord After Birth
You’ve been dreaming about this moment for the past nine months or longer—your little one is finally here! But after the hard work of delivery [...]
A banker’s dozen
1| What is cord blood, anyway? Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord after birth. It’s rich in stem cells [...]
C is for courage
What do you mean I need an emergency C-section? No, no, no. That's not possible. My pregnancy was normal. My mother had four normal pregnancies [...]
Cleared for takeoff
As a first-timer on this life-changing voyage, there's likely to be a lot you don't know. But the good news is most of the [...]
Getaway plan
With your due date just days away, it can be tempting to make a mad dash for the delivery room the moment you feel [...]
Alternate route
Adrienne Camhi, a mom of one in Evanston, Illinois, planned to deliver her daughter Neva naturally. She hoped to labor at home as long [...]
Why Your Birth Plan Matters
Tips for penning your wishes for the big day—plus what you’ll gain from the process.
Birthing Class Basics
There’s a lot more to learn than just breathing techniques.
Labor Room Lingo
From APGAR to vernix and everything in between, find the words you’ll need to know come birth day in our delivery dictionary.
The Birth Plan Checklist for Expectant Moms
Here’s everything to consider when making an agenda for your big day.
Planning for a Second Baby: What Moms Do Differently
For first-time moms the journey into motherhood is one massive body of uncharted water. No amount of reading or polling the audience can ultimately [...]
Birth Center vs. Hospital Birth: What to Consider in Maternity Care
Birthing centers are rising in popularity with today’s expectant moms, due in part to economic feasibility, model of care and desired birth outcomes. A [...]
Water Birth 101 With a Birth Educator
Have your sights set on bringing baby into the world via water birth? Unlike Hollywood depictions of labor and delivery where moms are uncontrollably [...]
10 Things Your Friends Haven’t Told You About Childbirth
If this is your first pregnancy rodeo, you’ve probably already discovered a few of the undisclosed aspects of growing a baby. After all, few [...]
What Happens to Baby’s Umbilical Cord After Birth
You’ve been dreaming about this moment for the past nine months or longer—your little one is finally here! But after the hard work of delivery [...]
A banker’s dozen
1| What is cord blood, anyway? Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord after birth. It’s rich in stem cells [...]
C is for courage
What do you mean I need an emergency C-section? No, no, no. That's not possible. My pregnancy was normal. My mother had four normal pregnancies [...]
Cleared for takeoff
As a first-timer on this life-changing voyage, there's likely to be a lot you don't know. But the good news is most of the [...]
Getaway plan
With your due date just days away, it can be tempting to make a mad dash for the delivery room the moment you feel [...]
Alternate route
Adrienne Camhi, a mom of one in Evanston, Illinois, planned to deliver her daughter Neva naturally. She hoped to labor at home as long [...]