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I just returned from St. Rose De Lima hospital, where I was invited to come do an in-service with the nursing staff to discuss the procedure for handling placentas that mothers want to take home. What a wonderful, positive experience! It was immediately apparent that everyone in the Labor & Delivery and Postpartum departments truly […]

Tonight I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of expectant parents, who were going through a childbirth education course offered by Hypnobirthing Las Vegas. It was the final class of a 5-week course, and the topic was postpartum. Among many other topics discussed by the fabulous facilitator (and doula) Sherry Hopkins was a […]

I see that my previous post is over a week old. I blame the holidays.   We went out of town to visit relatives, and were gone several days. The girls were delighted to go to Grandma’s House, and it is always nice to visit. However, it is a lot of work to get everyone […]

We, as parents? Or the government?   Parents face jail for not vaccinating their children I am going to quote from Dr. Rima E. Laibow, Medical Director of the Natural Solutions Foundation. This is from a recent edition of their newsletter:   “Thousands, yes, you read that correctly: “thousands”, of parents in Maryland are being […]

My November Kiva loan is to an entrepreneur named Victoriya Tichonova in Ukraine. She and her husband have two market vending kiosks in the city of Zaporoshye, located in south central Ukraine, where they sell a variety of dishes, glassware, table linens and other kitchen supplies. Victoriya and Alexander have two daughters ages 15 and […]