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Why You Should Hire a Postpartum Doula
Some couple friends have talked about hiring a postpartum doula for their new baby, but I’m not really sure what that is or how one might help. Can you fill me in?
Common Fears About Giving Birth—and How to Cope
Fear of childbirth is very common amongst pregnant women, but take heart—labor isn't an all-out fright fest. Learn what your worst fears really look like, and why they're not so bad.
Long Overdue: The Birth of Junia
"This is when that meltdown happened that I was talking about. Faced with the idea that I might have to be induced, I lost it."
5 Natural Ways to Encourage Labor
When you’re eagerly awaiting your due date, you might be inclined to do what you can to kick start your baby's departure from the [...]
9 Benefits of Having a Birth Doula
Labor and delivery is a lot like free-fall parachuting: You take classes to prepare, you file a detailed birth plan for the (blessed) event, and [...]
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 [...]
Doula vs Midwife: What’s the Difference?
Hiring the right people for your birth squad is crucial for finding an ideal balance of medical advice and emotional support for your pregnancy and [...]
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 [...]
What is Mindful Birthing?
Walking outside on a warm spring day, my insides constricted and pain radiated across my lower back. I closed my eyes and focused on [...]
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 [...]
Center Stage: The Birth of Romy
"Once the CDC started quickly releasing guidelines for social distancing and additional safety for higher-risk groups, including pregnant women, I became a prisoner of my tiny midtown apartment with two extroverted small children and a full-time job."
Third Time’s the Charmer: The Birth Story of Theo
Third babies, third births, rather, are often called wild cards in that they are anything but predictable. (As if birth is ever a one-size-fits-all event.) [...]
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 [...]
Set the mood
Early on in my pregnancy, my thoughts about birth were strictly limited to the physicality of how to get a baby out of my [...]
Convictions: The birth of Navy
As an editor at P&N, it was widely assumed I had a firm grip on what I wanted for my second pregnancy. After all, [...]
5 things to glean from an expert doula
Lindsey Bliss is a DONA-certified doula, co-director of Carriage House Birth in New York and Los Angeles, and mom to seven children (including two [...]
Why You Should Hire a Postpartum Doula
Some couple friends have talked about hiring a postpartum doula for their new baby, but I’m not really sure what that is or how one might help. Can you fill me in?
Common Fears About Giving Birth—and How to Cope
Fear of childbirth is very common amongst pregnant women, but take heart—labor isn't an all-out fright fest. Learn what your worst fears really look like, and why they're not so bad.
Long Overdue: The Birth of Junia
"This is when that meltdown happened that I was talking about. Faced with the idea that I might have to be induced, I lost it."
5 Natural Ways to Encourage Labor
When you’re eagerly awaiting your due date, you might be inclined to do what you can to kick start your baby's departure from the [...]
9 Benefits of Having a Birth Doula
Labor and delivery is a lot like free-fall parachuting: You take classes to prepare, you file a detailed birth plan for the (blessed) event, and [...]
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 [...]
Doula vs Midwife: What’s the Difference?
Hiring the right people for your birth squad is crucial for finding an ideal balance of medical advice and emotional support for your pregnancy and [...]
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 [...]
What is Mindful Birthing?
Walking outside on a warm spring day, my insides constricted and pain radiated across my lower back. I closed my eyes and focused on [...]
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 [...]
Center Stage: The Birth of Romy
"Once the CDC started quickly releasing guidelines for social distancing and additional safety for higher-risk groups, including pregnant women, I became a prisoner of my tiny midtown apartment with two extroverted small children and a full-time job."
Third Time’s the Charmer: The Birth Story of Theo
Third babies, third births, rather, are often called wild cards in that they are anything but predictable. (As if birth is ever a one-size-fits-all event.) [...]
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 [...]
Set the mood
Early on in my pregnancy, my thoughts about birth were strictly limited to the physicality of how to get a baby out of my [...]
Convictions: The birth of Navy
As an editor at P&N, it was widely assumed I had a firm grip on what I wanted for my second pregnancy. After all, [...]
5 things to glean from an expert doula
Lindsey Bliss is a DONA-certified doula, co-director of Carriage House Birth in New York and Los Angeles, and mom to seven children (including two [...]
