

False Labor isn't False, and Other Misconceptions.
When I was 37 weeks pregnant with my eldest son, in severe pain from a bad back and sweating buckets through a heat wave in a tiny...


The Magic of One Pot Meals
I love to cook. I love nothing more than to pull out every pot in my kitchen, every roasting pan, and dive in. Want to know what I hate...


An Entire World, or Two.
This past week was Rosh Hashana. The Jewish New Year. On Rosh Hashana we celebrate the birthday of the world, and in doing so, we say...


Becoming Dad.
Becoming Dad. Labor was intense, pushing even more so for these first time parents. After hours of laboring, baby J was born in a fast...


On Being a Tour Guide
I was born with a freakishly great sense of direction. My husband doesn't bother trying to read maps, or plan out a route to a meeting....


Bringing Home Baby: an essential list
There are many lists online with recommended items to have in the home when you bring home your little one from the hospital. In full...


9 Things We Can Learn From the Royal Birth
Yesterday morning the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a little girl, her royal highness, the princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, who...


Beginnings
Here I am, not quite five months in to my journey as a doula. Ten years of dreaming, and yet only five months in reality. It's hard not...


Will anyone even read my birth plan?
Birth plans are tricky things. On the one hand, it's extremely important to parents that their needs be communicated to their care...


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