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How does one discern which pieces of advice to heed and which to dismiss? For starters, trust your instincts. Your intuition is your most...

BIG NEWS! My book, my creative baby that I've been working on over the last couple of years, my message that I have to share with the...

As the person in the partnership who is not carrying the child, you are usually referred to as the “secondary caregiver”. But that does...

Adoption is not something that I have direct personal experience with, but it is something my partner and I are strongly considering for...

Choosing the right partner is intrinsically important to every aspect of pregnancy, birth and parenting so try not to get pregnant with a...

You’ll probably hear, over and over, that your role is to support the mother in labour. But it’s not always clear exactly how to provide...

Miscarriages are surprisingly common. Likely, many women you know have experienced one or more. And not talking about it doesn’t make it...

Prepare yourself. The unsolicited, outdated advice and the dire warnings are coming! Some are more questionable than others. Some are...

As a self-proclaimed professor of unpopular opinion, I’m about to say two of the most unpopular things I could utter to a pregnant woman:...

Once you become pregnant, you will initially be under the care of your family doctor. If you have certain risk factors, you will likely...

Before I got pregnant, my position on circumcision was neutral. Like many, I accepted it as a normal custom in our culture. I knew that...

Be wary; starting pretty much at the moment that feisty little sperm fertilizes your egg, every baby business starts to hone in on you...

When you’re in nesting mode but limited in time, energy and/or money, it can be helpful to focus on the essentials of what you really...

If you choose to plan for a home birth, you are opting for a natural birth; meaning without medication or medical intervention. A natural...

Pregnant women – they are so emotional, so sensitive, so dramatic, so hormonal. They’ll cry over anything. Their behaviour is laughable,...

Though you don’t have much control of how your labour is going to play out, you can control elements of the environment in your birthing...

A home or birth center setting allows you the option of having your older child(ren) present with you. It is normal to have worries and...

Water birth can be part of your home birth plan. My second birth took place at home in an inflatable pool in the middle of our dining...

You may be wondering why on Earth anyone would ever even consider ingesting their placenta. For the answer to that, we first look at the...

There tends to be this narrative, in conventional birth, that so long as the baby is birthed and stable, nothing else matters. But it...

I remember feeling a strong sense of responsibility and desire to protect my unborn baby, in every sense. I wanted to physically provide...

Be prepared for a learning curve with your breastfeeding journey. There is a lot to learn. So much of it I didn’t learn until after my...

A doula was first described to me as a mother to the mother in labour. Whereas a midwife or doctor’s main concern is for the delivery of...

Many pregnant women start to get that urge to come up with a rigid birth plan. You’ll be hours in from taking your pregnancy test, you’ll...