Mommy's little helper.
Pregnancy
1 Business of Being Born, Again
Poll
2 Who Helped You Through Labor?
interviews
3 Interview With Ricki Lake: Your Best Birth
Cindy Crawford
4 Cindy Crawford Delivered Her Baby, Who Delivered Yours?
Pregnancy
5 5 Flash Mobs For Family-Friendly Causes
Baby Showers
6 The Rise of the Fetus Party: Why Midwives Are Concerned
What the fetus! For many expectant parents, routine ultrasounds are one of the things looked forward to most throughout the pregnancy process, offering an incredible glimpse at the eagerly anticipated bundle of joy within. The last couple of years have seen an increase in both the use and popularity of 4D ultrasounds, which provide an almost eerily realistic image of the baby-to-be. Though Read more
You might have to be Diane Sawyer to merit an international (and slightly off-tune) flash mob, but the public displays have become common in the last few years. Holiday flash mobs have shut down malls and lifted tired travelers' spirits as of late. Activists also organize to sing, dance, and draw attention to causes near and dear to them. Check out these five purposeful gatherings that focused on Read more
When someone asks me who delivered my baby, I don't hesitate to tell them Dr. Joe. They know that I pushed the child out, but they want to know which professional helped me labor through the process. In Cindy Crawford's fourth and final episode of her My Best Birth webisodes, the model mommy explained how having a midwife at home truly gave her the ability to claim that she, and she alone, Read more
Known for her spunky attitude as both Tracy Turnblad in the original Hairspray and her 11-year stint as a daytime talk show host, Ricki Lake has reinvented herself as a women's birthing advocate. Following the release of her documentary about the shifting of the American mindset from home and drug-free deliveries to medicated hospitalized births where Lake chronicled her own son's home birth, Read more
While it is quite common for women to have a doctor help them through the birthing process, many mothers-to-be opt for another approach by hiring a doula, midwife, nurse practitioner or personal coach. Some expectant ladies have a whole team for the delivery. Aside from your partner, who helped you through your labor? Source Who Helped You Through Labor? OB/GYN Nurse Read more
Yesterday was not only the festive tequila filled Cinco de Mayo. It was also International Midwives Day. Coincidentally, Ricki Lake's movie, The Business of Being Born was released on DVD. For those of you who are considering a natural or home birth, check out the $28 flick for an up close glimpse at the process. The former talk show host shares her personal home birth in the film inspiring women Read more
With all of that amniotic fluid in there, it's no wonder some babies can't tell up from down while in the womb. Approximately three percent of all babies are breech at the time of birth, meaning their heads are up and their feet are either up at their heads, down at the cervix, or crossed in a seated position. While some mamas-to-be look at a breech baby as a prescription for a C-section, others Read more
