I don't know if I am allowed to share this. I can't find the original on the author's blog anymore nor do I know how to contact her, but...

Eats on Feets and the 4 Pillars of Safe Milksharing My breastmilk days are long over to be clear; breastfeeding is a fond memory of a growingly distant past. I was blessed and lucky. I nursed my 4 babies well past the AAP's recommendation of breastfeeding for at least one year (at the time). I didn't have any problems that I can remember and I didn't need to express milk because I was able to stay at home. Milksharing was not on my radar at the time. I did cross-nurse someone

Hammock or Trampoline? I see this often, in first labors especially: Labor starts with a long pre-labor; the kind of labor that starts and stops multiple times, sometimes for days or even a couple of weeks. A variation of this is an early labor that presents itself with short yet transition-like, painful contractions that do not yet dilate the cervix. Both patterns seem to indicate a body working hard to get a baby aligned and engaged. Once things progress, there can be inten

Lamaze's 6 Healthy Birth Practices form an excellent evidence-based blueprint for you to inform yourself, and for me as a doula, to educate, support, and advocate for my clients. It is solid, supported by ACOG, and physiology focused. Let's get started with this series. Let labor begin on its own Why? Because labor starts well before labor starts. The same hormones that regulate labor, birth, breastfeeding, and bonding – oxytocin, catecholamines, endorphins, and prolactin – a