by lcbaker | Dec 14, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
Recently my mother started worrying about my blood pressure. I suppose it’s her job to worry when I’m pregnant. She asked my husband whether my midwife takes my blood pressure at prenatal visits. My husband, who hasn’t come to any prenatal visits...
by lcbaker | Dec 13, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
A generation ago, women didn’t have due dates. They had due months. As in, “your baby will arrive sometime in December or January.” This is a much more accurate way of thinking about births, since a “due date” is really a month-long...
by lcbaker | Dec 7, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
I’ve been thinking a lot about inductions lately. I’ve been reading occasionally in the December due date club on a mom forum (I won’t tell you which one, but let’s just say it’s not one of the crunchy granola forums where I usually hang...
by lcbaker | Dec 2, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
Warning: This post contains pregnancy hormones, irritability, sarcasm, and general rudeness. Don’t like it? Don’t read it. In fact, if you’re not pregnant and have never been pregnant, maybe you shouldn’t read this. This is another hormonal...
by lcbaker | Nov 24, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
Activities that cause prodromal labor contractions: 1. Sitting down. 2. Standing up. 3. Lying down. 4. Sitting on the toilet. 5. Cleaning. 6. Cooking. 7. Walking. 8. Sitting on the couch trying to write articles. 9. Doing artwork with my daughter. 10. Reading books to...
by lcbaker | Nov 22, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
When I was first thinking through the reasons to have a home birth, back when I was pregnant with my daughter, prenatal care was pretty low on the list. Prenatal care wasn’t that big a deal to me. As long as you get the basic minimum of prenatal care,...
