I announced it right away over on Mama-is.com! His name is Ean Campbell (ancestor names) He surprised us by coming 3 days early (today was really his due date -also my anniversary of my first date with darling husband, just 20 years ago!) He was born on my father’s 65th birthday. March 31, 2009. 8:15 [...]

Check out this little bit of frighteningly wired-up weirdness: Birth Track: Technology (Thanks Rixa and Jenny!) And a good blog post about it here: More! Better! BirthTrack! by http://rixarixa.blogspot.com here’s a bit from the post (the parts in red are provided by the BirthTrack company)…

It will reduce the number of vaginal exams during [...]

Home Made; Inside Baltimore’s Home-Birth Underground by Michelle Gienow Really good. Long, in depth, presenting homebirth in a positive light. I especially like this part, in which a Dr. attempts to explain his ‘practice’:

Well, yes, says Khouzami. “If you are here long enough, we are going to do something to you. It’s a matter [...]

I think ;o) at least my calendar says so. (the one I made, so it must be true!) Alas, I find no mention of it on-line and can’t remember where I heard it. If you can find something corroborating will you please let me know? In the meantime, I’m still recovering from my daughter’s 4th [...]