How important is it to prepare your body for pregnancy before you conceive? Well that depends on who you ask! As a holistic nutritionist and prenatal wellness coach I believe that the first opportunity you have to optimize your child’s health is in the preconception period. It also helps to boost natural fertility, which could …
A Pro-Choice Perspective
Dear readers, some of you have expressed confusion about the apparent lack of consistency between the views expressed here and the view expressed elsewhere on this site. The answer is simple: I am pro-life. My friend Julie is pro-choice. Neither of us like those terms per se, but that is the most universal way to …
Last Week I Bought a Tomato
Last week I bought a tomato. Now, this may not seem out of the ordinary to many of you. It is still summer, and tomato season is supposedly in full swing. I was, however, very upset about this purchase. The fact is I live on an organic farm, with over three long rows of tomato …
Motherhood: The Good, The Bad and … The Mercy
Four years ago my life looked very different than it does now. My husband and I had just bought our first home, had a few dogs, I worked a full time job that I enjoyed for the most part and had a part time job that was my passion, I spent time at the gym …
Micah’s Birth Story Part 2
Turnaround After being coaxed out of the birthing pool I got on the bed and worked through some contractions in an inverted “V” position. Cindy’s goal in suggesting this acrobatic feat (besides getting a good laugh) was to encourage baby’s head to disengage and then re-engage at the proper angle. Daniel really, really wanted to …
The Great Decision: Sleep or Coffee?
I gazed thoughtfully at the neon-lettered chalkboard above me. The contemporary music played – not too loudly – over the speakers in the university coffee house, as if to remind the college students that the night was young and ready for some caffeine-induced study time. Choices, choices…the menu was full of them. Finally I settled …
My Kid Vs. Your Kid: A Grandma, Her Memory, and Her Aversion to Green
I have a very non-crunchy kid. She is 87, and she’s my grandma. Her idea of a good meal includes anything fried, processed, sugared, or sweetened with artificial sweeteners. I can visualize the looks of horror on your faces right now. Oh, and did I mention that she’s a redhead? Let’s add hair dye to …
Micah’s Birth Story Part 1
I Lost 30 Pounds in 3 Hours . . . This is How I Did It This is probably not the most common way to begin a birth story, but in my view birth is a completely paradoxical experience. People talk about how it is one of the most sacred, life-changing experiences a woman can have. …
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