by lcbaker | Sep 9, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
When you’re planning a home birth, it’s easy to feel like you don’t need a birth plan. I think for a lot of moms, the point of a birth plan, really is to tell your caregivers about the ways you hope your birth will differ from the...
by lcbaker | Aug 16, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
We’re on vacation at the beach this week. Which is wonderful–doubly wonderful as it’s not too crowded since school started in most systems this week–even though I had to buy maternity bathing suits and sundresses just for the trip. But...
by lcbaker | Aug 15, 2011 | Featured, Pregnancy and Birth
Let me start this post by saying that if you’re one of those women who just loves being pregnant, who has that magic glow and thinks pregnancy is lovely and wonderful, you should probably stop reading now. Not because I’m going to say something bad about...
by lcbaker | Jul 26, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
This is the first post in a new series on Organic Baby Atlanta: True Confessions Tuesday. Although I try to live and raise my kids in a healthy, organic, sustainable way, I don’t always succeed. Sometimes, I fail miserably. These are my confessions of the ways...
by lcbaker | Jul 25, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
Mama Birth Blog wrote a great post last Friday about why she has her babies at home. It brought tears to my eyes–especially the link to a video of typical newborn procedures for babies born in hospitals, which was just plain disturbing. Now, I don’t think...
by lcbaker | Jul 21, 2011 | Pregnancy and Birth
On July 31, the Atlanta Birth Center will kick off its fundraising campaign with a Bellies to Babies pregnancy and birth event. Actress and natural birth advocate Mayim Bialik will speak about birth options, and local businesses will offer information about their...