[originally posted at my old blog on 21 July 2009] This year, my child’s birthday prompted me to seek out some other women’s stories, their retellings of their birthing memories as they’re pulled back into them on their children’s birthdays. Here are a few I found interesting and moving: “The Event that Changed My Life [...]
my (birth) partner: how I know that some men DO belong in a primary support role
[originally posted at my old blog on 17 November 2009] (This post is a part of the Science & Sensibility Healthy Birth Blog Carnival on the third of Lamaze’s Six Healthy Birth Practices: “Bring a loved one, friend, or doula for continuous support.”) My partner, my son’s father, my husband is a pretty awesome person. [...]