Adventures in Cloth Nappies – Part 2, Getting Started
Making the decision to join the fold (pun intended) of the cloth nappy community is only the first in a series of decisions that awaits the newly conscientious parent. In…Continue Reading →
Adventures in Cloth Nappies – Part 1
The mere thought of cloth nappies fills my nostrils with the smell of wet-pailed nappies soaking in antibacterial water and…
Said the Bitch to the Cow
As a species, women are quite hard to understand. There, I said it. We fill the complete spectrum with our…
A Sling is a Wonderful Thing
Before I became pregnant, I had never given a moment’s thought to the transportation of babies. They go in push chairs, and that’s where they go. Or so I thought.…Continue Reading →
Reclaiming Birth Rally – London 7 March 2010
On Sunday 7 March hundreds of men, women and children marched from the Elephant and Castle area of London to…
Herbs for use in Childbirth
An important part in my series on natural childbirth is of course the actual birth. Perhaps it’s prudent to start…
Preparing for a natural childbirth
Pregnancy is a time of such huge change. Your emotions change, your body, your home. It all changes. And just as an athlete practices for an event, a dancer for…Continue Reading →
Natural homebirth vs. Natural hospital birth
Continuing on from the first post on natural childbirth: Natural Childbirth in Layman’s Terms, I’m going to talk now about…
Natural Childbirth in Layman’s Terms
Many women go into labour aiming for some vague idea of a ‘natural’ childbirth. We write birth plans expressing our…
A Bad Day’s Mothering
I know everyone has them. Those days where you just feel like nothing youre doing is right. When you suspect, in the back of your frazzled mind, that you might…Continue Reading →