The cost of health care is skyrocketing and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. North American children are overfed, undernourished, inactive, obese, and increasingly – sick. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Preventative health care provides children with the best health possible so they don’t get sick in the first […]

I felt baby’s movements change about two days before labor began – lower, sharper, and in my back – and I knew baby and my body were getting ready. The baby had felt very heavy on my pelvic bones and it was getting hard to walk, more than with my first two pregnancies. On the […]

I visualized the Lotus Flower during birth, keeping my mouth loose and open, repeating to myself: “My womb is like the petals of a lotus flower … I am opening, each petal unfurling, I am open.” This is a helpful exercise when labour seems to be going slowly or is stalled, though in my case, […]