The Most Important Tip For Making Enough Breastmilk
There are lots of tips out there for ensuring an adequate supply of breastmilk: drinking dark beer, eating oatmeal, taking herbal...
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Sarah
- Jan 4, 2013
- 6 min
Why We Stopped Taking Fermented Cod Liver Oil
We used to take cod liver oil every day. We would never miss a day. Now we haven't taken cod liver oil in over 6 months... Why? My...
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Sarah
- Nov 10, 2012
- 3 min
Tips to Make Once a Month Cleaning Work
This post is the second in a series on Once a Month Cleaning. The first part of the series is here. In the previous post, I discussed...
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Sarah
- Sep 30, 2012
- 2 min
Once a Month House Cleaning
I admit to being a bit of a neat freak, but I feel agitated when my house is in a state of disarray. Once my first baby was born,...
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Sarah
- Aug 6, 2011
- 4 min
The Facts About Home Birth
The following is my letter to the editor of Wise Traditions (which is the quarterly publication of the Weston A. Price Foundation). This...
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Sarah
- May 6, 2011
- 2 min
A Nutrient-Dense Diet During Pregnancy Saved My Daughter's Life
I wanted to share my story that shows the power of a nourishing, traditional diet during pregnancy. When I got pregnant during the summer...
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Sarah
- Mar 18, 2011
- 2 min
Home Birth is Great for Siblings
Becoming an older sibling can be difficult for children as they adjust to their new roles and the necessarily divided attention of their...
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Sarah
- Mar 18, 2011
- 2 min
Home Birth Works Cooperatively With the Sphincter Law
As described in Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, the vaginal and cervical sphincters operate just as the excretory ones do. “Each...
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Sarah
- Mar 10, 2011
- 2 min
Home Birth Facilitates Bonding and Breastfeeding
Bonding between the newborn and mother may be disrupted in hospitals since, in many hospitals, babies are separated from their mothers...
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Sarah
- Mar 10, 2011
- 2 min
Home Birth Allows Mothers the Freedom to Move
It is commonplace for women laboring in hospitals to be confined to beds, often times as a result of IV’s or electronic fetal monitoring....
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Sarah
- Mar 4, 2011
- 2 min
Natural Birth is Optimal and Empowering
Natural, drug-free birth is undoubtedly what nature intended. There are risks associated with the use of any drugs to augment labor (such...
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Sarah
- Mar 4, 2011
- 2 min
Why Home Birth?
In 1940, 44% of all births in the United States occurred at home. However, since 1969, about 99% of all births in the United States have...
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Sarah
- Mar 1, 2011
- 3 min
Home Birth is Safe and Healthy
In planning to have a home birth for each of my children, the response I typically encountered from others was something along the lines...
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