It may have been clear from my last few posts that we were getting kind of anxious to meet our overdue baby. And 6 days after his due date, on what was actually his original (period math) due date, he finally made his grand entrance. Ironically, it was on the day we completely stopped trying [...]

According to researchers at the National Institute of Health (NIH) the length of labor is two to three hours longer compared to what it was in the 1960s. The added hours come in the first stage of labor– the dilating and effacing stage. Though moms these days are older, heavier and give birth to larger [...]

Last night I attended a conversation between legendary midwife and author Ina May Gaskin and Jennifer Block (journalist, former editor of Ms. magazine and author of Pushed) at the 92nd Street Y here in NYC. The place was PACKED. It was incredible to see these two women speak. I have written about Ina May before, [...]

The entrance  to the hospital was within sight but the baby was coming. Now. So, Elissa Simonson, of Minnesota, pulled down her pants and gave birth right there on the sidewalk. Her husband, Josh Simonson, ran to get help. But by the time he got back with doctors (seconds apparently), Elissa was already holding her [...]

I was once a part of a conversation with a group of cool, progressive women about birth. Somehow we got onto drugs and pain and then the question of whether pot would help. One of the women who’d never had a baby, said, “I wonder what it would be like to trip during childbirth? That [...]

In case you don’t read Strollerderby (What? You don’t know what you’re missing!) I wanted to draw your attention to a most excellent post by my colleague, Sunny Chanel. She has gathered 22 fascinating examples of birth art. From paintings to sculptures to, well, I don’t know what you’d call some of the stuff she’s [...]

I have read some interesting things about birth over the past few years. Since having children and now writing for Being Pregnant I have come across some things for research that really just leave me scratching my head. Some things that are outside my comfort zone, some incredible things and then … I come across [...]