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Photographic Evidence That Homeopathy Works
One of the things I often hear about homeopathy is that it can't possibly work. People say that because the remedies are so diluted,...

Sarah
Jan 24, 20143 min read
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Lessons in Weaning
Long before I had children, I had lots of ideas that later turned out to be false. For instance, I remember thinking that my kids would...

Sarah
Oct 10, 20136 min read
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The Surprising Food That Has a Regular Place in My Healthy Diet
Prior to the GAPS Diet, my family did not eat any refined grains, such as white flour and white rice. Instead, we ate whole grains,...

Sarah
Sep 11, 20133 min read
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Healing Chronic Constipation in an Infant
When I met 11-month-old Stephen*, I was struck by his easy-going personality. He entered my home with a smile on his face, and was ready...

Sarah
Aug 27, 20133 min read
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Can Too Many Toys Do More Harm Than Good?
As parents, it is natural for us to want our children to have everything they need. Beyond the basics of love, food, clothing, and...

Sarah
Aug 6, 20135 min read
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Adventures in Backyard Chicken Keeping
We Decide to Get Chickens My family lives on a small suburban plot of less than 1/4 acre, and over the last five years we've dedicated...

Sarah
Apr 16, 20137 min read
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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...

Sarah
Apr 8, 20134 min read
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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...

Sarah
Jan 4, 20136 min read
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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...

Sarah
Nov 10, 20123 min read
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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,...

Sarah
Sep 30, 20122 min read
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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...

Sarah
Aug 6, 20114 min read
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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...

Sarah
May 6, 20112 min read
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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...

Sarah
Mar 18, 20112 min read
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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...

Sarah
Mar 18, 20112 min read
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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...

Sarah
Mar 10, 20112 min read
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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....

Sarah
Mar 10, 20112 min read
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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...

Sarah
Mar 4, 20112 min read
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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...

Sarah
Mar 4, 20112 min read
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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...

Sarah
Mar 1, 20113 min read
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