Birth Unplugged

Last April, I wrote a short Birth Idealization Traps series .  I would actually like to continue that series now, with  some new perspective...

The online world of natural childbirth is often heavily influenced by extremism. People claiming things like "Birth is safe. Interve...

I think it is a common misconception that a goal of using hypnosis is to have a quiet birth. I think many natural birthers are quiet er us...

Rachel, a midwife in Australia who writes the blog, Midwife Thinking, recently shared her thoughts on the habit our society has of Judging B...

Sometimes we get caught in a trap of holding up a spontaneous, drug-free vaginal birth as an ideal, because, well, most women should be a...

In my opinion, the only ideals in birth are the best outcome for mom and baby possible under the circumstances, AND the best (meaning promot...

I have been online a lot more the past few days as my son has a fever, so I have spent a lot of time just holding him with my laptop open in...

I'm considering removing my RSS subscription to MyOBsaidWhat?!? I used to read all the comments and sometimes comment myself, but late...

A recent article out of Australia, Fear of natural birth driving one in three mothers to cesarean , addresses the issue of maternal request ...

My goal is not for everyone to have a natural birth. Of course I believe that, in cases where everything is going smoothly, mothers and babi...

Fear of the Unknown It is normal to fear the unknown. For most first time pregnant women, birth is a huge unknown. Not only have we never ...

Whether it's breastfeeding vs. formula feeding, cloth vs. disposable diapers, cosleeping vs. independent sleeping, or stay-at-home mom v...