Today’s post is a guest blog from Midwife for your Life, Stacey Curnow. Last night a friend and I were talking about some challenges in his life and I remembered a line from a poem by Robert Bly: The albatross that lands on the mast began flying a thousand years ago. A long time ago,…
BITL Founder, expecting her third child this month (June 2011). This week’s guest post is penned by NAMC’s Advocacy Coordinator, Valerie Young. Valerie writes the popular blog for mother’s rights, Your (Wo)Man in Washington. Being a mother in the United States is an uphill climb. Alone among industrialized nations, we have no guaranteed paid leave…
In part one we considered general ways in which yoga helps you through menopause. In part two, we will discuss yoga and Ayurveda. In yoga and Ayurveda (the Indian system or medicinal side of yoga), menopause is considered an air/ether element, or vata (pronounced “vah-tuh”), condition. Characterized by dryness, the vata type (constitution) is typically…
Hello good readers, I want to thank everyone for their patience and support while I negotiate the unexpected terrain of late term pregnancy complications. Completely outside of my control, I found myself rather unable to post from the confines of the ER or the high risk antepartum unit, although my husband did manage to snap…
Yoga for Menopause: 7 Reasons Why You Need Yoga More Than Ever. (Part 1) Yoga is a wonderful anecdote for healing and transformation during the (seemingly unending) season of menopause. I am still in my season of motherhood, personally, getting ready to give birth to my third child in the coming weeks. However, I am…
Me in postpartum yoga practice, 11 months after my second son Yoga for Busy Moms It is ironic that I am sitting here procrastinating about penning this post on yoga for busy moms. Why? Because I am a fellow exhausted mother – with two boys under age 5, and in my third trimester with my…
Aches and Pains after Childbirth…What Can You Do? Physical therapy can do a tremendous amount to improve your health as a woman – before, during, and after birth. I’d like to share an interview I did with BreezyMama.com’s Alex Ota, published yesterday, on addressing physical ailments after labor. I also want to extend a special…
Photo taken this past week,entering into my third trimesterwith my third child. As I am approaching the last few weeks of my third pregnancy, I thought it helpful to share some of the resources I use and have written about in my own journey through motherhood. Here are some helpful resources for you eco-saavy mothers…
2007 – Our family was awaiting our newest addition to the family. We were in for a surprise having two in diapers at the same time. It was a crash course in the work/family balancing act. Now in 2011, we are about to welcome our third child, welcoming new challenges in maintaining our equilibrium (and…
This past week as I was getting my usual daily allowance of news (online) and doing a little light research for work I ran across this article on parenting in the “Healthland” section of Time Magazine. From reading its title – “Does Having Kids Make Parents Delusional?” – I (mistakenly) thought it was an article…
Taken in 2005Just beforegiving birth tomy first son. This week I am happy to share two blogs – written by women for women. Mother and Women’s Rights- Your (Wo)man in Washington Valerie Young Women’s Health – Midwife for your Life Stacey Curnow, CNM Both blogs are excellently written, focusing on positive change for women in…
Music has saved my life,over and over again.Photo taken in 2006, singing to my firstborn. Studies have, for a long time, shown that deep breathing, mental imagery, deep massage or acupressure, and the presence of a constant companion or coach during labor can ease labor pains, making the miracle of birth more, well, enjoyable. During…