by lcbaker | Jan 3, 2012 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
Let me start with a disclaimer. If you spend your entire pregnancy telling everyone that you love labor, that it’s your favorite part of having a baby, and that you can’t wait to do it again, well–you’re setting yourself up. And if it’s...
by lcbaker | Dec 14, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
Recently my mother started worrying about my blood pressure. I suppose it’s her job to worry when I’m pregnant. She asked my husband whether my midwife takes my blood pressure at prenatal visits. My husband, who hasn’t come to any prenatal visits...
by lcbaker | Dec 2, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
Warning: This post contains pregnancy hormones, irritability, sarcasm, and general rudeness. Don’t like it? Don’t read it. In fact, if you’re not pregnant and have never been pregnant, maybe you shouldn’t read this. This is another hormonal...
by lcbaker | Nov 10, 2011 | Breastfeeding, Featured
Recently I’ve had several conversations with moms of newborns that made me think how little any of us realize what it’s actually like to breastfeed a newborn. I think this is true whether you’ve had a baby before or not. Forgetting what it’s...
by lcbaker | Sep 9, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
When you’re planning a home birth, it’s easy to feel like you don’t need a birth plan. I think for a lot of moms, the point of a birth plan, really is to tell your caregivers about the ways you hope your birth will differ from the...
by lcbaker | Aug 23, 2011 | Featured, Green Living
Sometimes I feel like it’s only a tiny step from trying to raise my kids green to hiding out in a bunker in the woods with a shotgun. It’s not just the whole living-off-the-grid dream, although that’s part of it. Sure, I want to reduce our...
