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Pelvises I Have Known and Loved
by Gloria Lemay

© 2003 Midwifery Today, Inc. All rights reserved.

[Editor's note: This article first appeared in Midwifery Today Issue 50, Summer 1999 and is also available online in Spanish.]

What if there were no pelvis? What if it were as insignificant to ( Read more... )

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It has been a recent fascination of mine to study the scriptures more in-depth.  Reading them is a wonderful thing, and definitely the place we should all start.  Eventually, though, deeper study is fulfilling to and I've been reading through many works, recently, in an attempt to better understand my faith.

I found a term that actually properly ( Read more... )

Being a doula can be emotionally stressful sometimes.  *sigh*  I have this client that really REALLY wants a VBAC.  She's also struggling with self-confidence when it comes to stating what she wants and how to get it.  She actually asked me if she could come to my house while in labor during the day, so that her dh wouldn't know and rush her to the ( Read more... )

So, Morgan is sick with...something?  I think it's probably safe to call it a cold.  Her snot (copious, copious amounts of it) is not green or brown or anything...it's just everywhere.  She HATES it and yesterday she must've had a sinus headache because she went to sleep at five-thirty and slept until about nine-thirty and then woke up for a while ( Read more... )

"Parental control of child rearing, especially education, is one of the bulwarks of liberty. No nation can remain free when the state has greater influence over the knowledge and values transmitted to children than the family." -Ron Paul in his intro to the Family Education Freedom Act

Michelle’s words tell another story.

‘Several hours later however, I had forgotten my romantic images and was kneeling in the tub, howling and screaming from the depths of my soul, convinced that the pain was too much to bear. Not that I got any sympathy…. Instead I was showered with reassurance, love and incredible strength from the energy and ( Read more... )

* Age of your EC-child

8 1/2 mo old (9mo on the 19th)

* We started at...

Birth, but taking it slow.

* Generally speaking we are doing...

I'm pleased with our progress so far.  We are definitely taking it easier than I did with Morgan and for some reason that is translating into more success.  I think because I've done it before and don't feel so much ( Read more... )