Awesome photo collection of Dads wearing their babies!

A Dad’s perspective of their home birth

Another Dad tells the story of how he navigated the choice between hospital or home birth.

And yet another Dad tells us why, if he had a uterus, he would never give birth in a hospital.

Thought provoking article about first time mothers.. “If I had a dollar for every woman I have heard say “I want a home birth, but the first one is going to be in the hospital, JUST IN CASE” I’d be a midwife with a lot more dollars.”

This is a long read, but so worth it. I remember the first time I learned about how going through all the natural stages of birth actually affected my hormone levels, helped me birth, and even made me a better mother.  Mothering article, The Hormonal Blueprint of Labor.

One mother’s story of why she chooses not to vaccinate

Lies and truth surrounding breastfeeding.

This article finds me nodding in agreement about the tendency moms have to neglect their marriage, but then seething with anger at the man’s completely idiotic conclusion.  It’s an interesting opinion on marriage and breastfeeding.  Ack, what a douchebag he is, though.

Mothering article on preparing your home for a homebirth.

Another Mothering article, about Elimination Communication.

The yuck factor of breastfeeding in the bathroom.

A thoughtful blog post of the safety of home birth.

One in three hospital births are via cesarean section?!

Five questions a pregnant mom should ask her doctor to help avoid a c-section.

I’ve been asked several more questions about cloth diapers, and I’ll do my best to answer them.

First, I was asked to define what the heck a chinese prefold was. Hm, I can tell you didn’t look at any of the links I so kindly gave you before you asked that. But I’ll be sweet and answer anyways.

This is a stack of chinese prefolds. You just fold them, usually into thirds, and place inside a waterproof diaper cover.

I use the infant size, even into toddlerhood. The bigger ones are just so bulky, but it’s personal preference really.
I do NOT recommend purchasing the cloth “diapers” you see at most stores, Gerber being the most common brand. They are not absorbent enough.

I was also asked where I purchased my diaper covers from. I have bought them from so many different places. I seriously just Google the brand I want and shop for the best deal. If it comes down to 2 or 3 places, I prefer to choose a mom-owned one.

The last place I ordered from was Cloth Diaper Clearance, and I purchased the old style Bumkins. The place I ordered from the time before that was The Original Natural Baby Catalog. I ordered the Nikky wraps.

Here is Baby sporting his Nikky. Okay, it’s a horrible picture to use since his onesie is covering up the diaper. But he’s so cute in it, and that’s really why I wanted to post it.

I was also asked how many prefolds and covers I bought. I have about 3 dozen prefolds and 4 covers. To tell you the truth, I’m not a good one to ask since we do the EC thing so I probably go through less diapers than most.

And because you’ll probably ask.. You can visit my family site to learn more about EC (elimination communication).