FameCrawler : home birth

Ricki Lake's Book On Childbirth Hits The Shelves

Josh loposer — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:29:00 GMT

Since the birth of her second son, Ricki Lake has been on a mission to educate and empower expectant mothers of alternative ways to give birth. This week, her book Your Best Birth has hit shelves. Will it start a revolution?

Midwives, home births, etc. are seen by many as semi-dangerous hippie trends, but Ricki sees it the other way around. She says that many of the thinks that many common medical practices may be doing new mothers more harm than good. That's apparently the reason Ricki and her producer/co-author Abbey Epstein have gotten on their soap box.

According to them, 99% of births in the US occur in hospitals, though the vast majority are not high risk. In Lake's opinion, once you step into a hospital, you lose almost all control over the process of childbirth. Ricki went home birth for her second child because she wanted control over the mood lighting, the tunes, and even the menu.

"I didn't want to be somewhere where I could only have ice chips."

What do you think about Ricki's encouraging women to try midwives and home birth? Is she the Jenny McCarthy of childbirth?

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Bear Grylls- Wild Family LIfe

trix — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:06:00 GMT

Bear Grylls from " Man vs. Wild" went to his blog to tell the world how amazing his wife and family is.

The Grylls have a new addition to their family and he wanted to share the deets with us.

Huckleberry "Huck" Edward Joscelyne is now two weeks old and he was welcomed with open arms. They now have three little boys, *sigh* how cute.

Bear said, “Shara had him at home,” and it “was interesting, with me armed to the teeth and holding the toolbox at the ready” in case he was needed.

“She did it all with no pain relief … I tried to give her an aspirin at half way but then remembered she wasn’t even allowed that as it thins the blood!”

That is something I would never even try, a home birth that is. She is brave to give birth at home. I wonder, were her other two sons in the room? They are only 2 1/2 and 5 1/2, I personally feel that is a little young. Their situation is a little different though, with their dad being a part of a nature show they are probably a little more in tune with nature and the circle of life.

I could be wrong, but in looking for a picture for this post, I think I may be on to something.

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Mary Lynn Rajskub Shows Off Valentine at the Walk of Fame

Karl Erikson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:06:00 GMT

Star of "24" Mary Lynn Rajskub showed up yesterday for co-star Kiefer Sutherland's Hollywood Walk of Fame star. She brought along 4-1/2-month-old son Valentine Anthony for the party. Mary Lynn says that Valentine is "smiling and just fun to hang out with."

Mary Lynn's boyfriend Matthew Rolph is the daddy.

Look, Keifer is levitating! Amazing! The new season of "24" starts next month with a 4-hour premiere on January 11 and 12.

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24's Mary Lynn Rajskub Shows Off Baby

Karl Erikson — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Chloe O'Brian on 24 is showing off her new baby, 3-1/2-month-old Valentine Anthony. Mary Lynn Rajskub, 37, recently posed for People magazine and talked about her pregnancy and delivery. In the interview, she says she's definitely coming back to "24." She recently started back to work - first time after the baby was born.

Mary Lynn even has a baby set-up in her trailer. She's doing the breast pump thing and has a nanny. And - get this - the baby falls asleep to Metallica...kind of. She has a CD called "Rockabye Baby Lullaby Renditions of Metallica." Wow. Can't even imagine it.

Mary Lynn says about Valentine, "He's just really cute. He's moving all over his crib. When I put him to sleep and come back in to check on him, he's scooted to the other end of his crib!"

Even though Mary Lynn and her boyfriend waited to find out the sex until Valentine was born, she knew for a while that she was going to have a boy. "I always knew he was a boy. Toward the end I started to second-guess, 'Maybe it's a girl, maybe it's a girl!' But I always second-guess things. I just knew - every time I thought 'girl,' it just seemed wrong. I just automatically thought of him as a boy."

As for Valentine's name, "His name is Matthew's great-great-grandfather's name. And my dad's name is Anthony. We had girl's names picked out too, just in case, but I can't even remember what they are! One was Mercy. And Kira was on our list too. But I didn't think it was going to be a girl."

Mary Lynn decided on a home birth, but "I labored for 20 hours at home and ended up having an emergency c-section. I experienced labor and a c-section. I had a doula and two midwives, and the labor was really great. His head was just too big - he never could pass through the pelvic area. But up until that point the homebirth was fantastic. But he just wasn't coming and wasn't coming so we finally just went to the hospital."

"24: Redemption," a 2-hour movie, comes on November 23rd at 8 p.m. on FOX. The new "24" season start with a four-hour premiere on January 11th and 12th, 2009.

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Billie Piper's Home Birth

Sassy Smith — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Actress and star of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, Billie Piper wants to avoid having her baby at the hospital - so she's hoping to have her first child at home!

British Piper and her husband Laurence Fox have decided they would like a home water birth.

A pal said to the Sunday Express, "Billie has been saying she doesn't want all the bright lights of a hospital and thinks a home birth in warm water would be a wonderfully calm way for her baby to come into the world."

This will be Billie and Laurence's first child.

Have you had a home birth? Why or why not? Personally (uh, well, I'm done having kids at this point), I could have never had a home birth, just not for me!

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Hot Celebrity Mom Gives Birth!

Sassy Smith — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:07:00 GMT

A pretty blonde actress gave birth recently - who popped their bundle of joy out?

Canadian born, Kelly Rowan, "The O.C." star gave birth to her daughter on April 28. Her rep said, "Kelly Rowan gave birth to a happy and healthy baby girl in Los Angeles on April 28. Mom and daughter are doing great."

Congratulations on your baby girl!

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Christina Aguilera & Family Go Out To Dinner

Sassy Smith — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:02:00 GMT

Guess what a very pregnant Christina Aguilera did?

She and her ~~breasts~~ family went out to dinner! I'm not even kidding! She went with her husband, ~~elf boy~~ Jordan Bratman, her parents, Jim and Shelley Kearns and her half brother, Mikey (pictured above...he's a cutie). I have no idea what they ate or drank. I don't know if their waiter and/or waitress sucked. I can tell you I baked cookies earlier. For Christina's breasts. I mean for my family. Holy they're big! Ah, the cookies I made.

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