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Circumcision: Hygiene and Disease Control
There are many considerations new parents have to look into when making the choice about circumcision. Hygiene, disease, and infection are an understandable concern. The circumcision rate during the 70's, 80's and 90's was much higher than it is...
read more →Intuitive "Working" Mother
After a kitchen fire while in college in the summer of 2002 that left me with 3rd degree burns on my hands and feet, I knew my life would never be the same. I was in my junior year studying interior design. It was a demanding major that required...
read more →Reading for Fun
As my belly grew during pregnancy, we started reading to our baby. My husband would grab a little cardboard book, cuddle next to my belly, and read to the baby. Our baby knew our voices and usually started moving and kicking around at the sound of...
read more →My Midwife, My Friend
When I was thinking about becoming pregnant, I started to familiarize myself with the options. One thing I was sure of - I was definitely having my baby at home. There are so many fabulous midwives in my area. I wasn't sure how I was going to...
read more →Moby Wraps: Why I love Moby snuggles
My son was born three days before Father's Day. We were planning to have company for lunch to celebrate. Feeling like a very territorial new mother, I went into mama bear mode. I wrapped my baby snug into the Moby next to my chest not feeling...
read more →PUPPPS: I was really "itching" to have my baby
Literally. PUPPPS stands for "pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy". About 1% of pregnant women experience it. It is a skin condition that tends to appear at around 35 weeks of pregnancy. Women who experience PUPPPS...
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