Birth Preparation

Birth Preparation

Nine months can seem like a second or an eternity. Either way, you’ll benefit from informing yourself about the practical aspects of safe, empowering labor and delivery.

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	Yoga Together Prenatal exercises and yoga are wonderful ways to spend time with your child. Children can do their own version of your exercises, and they’ll enjoy being a part of your self-care routine.
	Hello Baby Doctors used to claim that newborn babies could neither see nor hear, and that they could not feel much. They were simply bundles of flesh, and the more they screamed, the better, because it "opened their lungs."
	Birth Altar Get your home ready for the new baby by preparing a simple altar as a powerful symbol for your birth. Select items that make you feel good.
	Pamper Your Pregnant Self A relaxed day of good food, great music, and appreciation for the beauty of a pregnant body rejuvenates a harried mom-to-be.
	Buy Buy Baby It's not that we don't enjoy cooing over the various infant accoutrement, it's just that we've got better things to do with our time (and Benjamins) than shop for things we can virtually find for free.
	Mothering the Mother During pregnancy, labor, and birth a mother’s overall health is depleted, therefore it is most important that she is replenished and cared for in the postpartum period.
	The New Baby Shower With no malicious intent, most baby showers propagate a commercialism that belittles and "cute-sifies" the experience of motherhood and birth.
	Postpartum Pampering Becoming a mother is exciting and terrifying--many are overwhelmed. However, this need not be so, there is time to be pampered.

RECIPE INDEX

Salmon Loaf
From Peggy's Kitchen: This is a quick and very easy dish. Serve it with lots of vegetables and brown rice for a healthy and tasty dinner.

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