Orgasmic birth

How would you know if you had an orgasm during childbirth if you were connected to an epidural? Sounds like the opening line for a bad joke. But it might not be a joke at all. A new documentary due out soon explores how birth can be a sexual experience. I can't wait to see it. Go to www.orgasmicbirth.com

Have a baby, get a tax break

This is a hilarious story that looks at how scheduling a birth can make things more convenient for your accountant, too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/business/20leonhardt.html?em&ex=1166763600&en=304093b593451b1e&ei=5087%0A

Research from the journal Science

This is one of those findings that makes you appreciate how miraculous the 'system' of labor and birth can be.
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/
feeds/hscout/2006/12/15/hscout600159.html

British births at home

I think this story is interesting because it shows how micro-cultures can be so different in terms of their approaches to childbirth.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=422378&in_page_id=1774

Epidurals and breastfeeding

From the BBC...
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Boston Globe op-ed

This is an opinion piece I wrote based on a recent survey by Childbirth Connection, a maternity advocacy group that has been around since 1918. The group asked women who gave birth in American hospitals in 2005 about their experiences. You can read the survey at www.childbirthconnection.org.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/
editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/12/08/
for_expectant_women_its_not_too_much_to_ask/"

Monique and the Mango Rains

This is a link to a story I wrote for today's Boston Globe about a former Peace Corps volunteer who served as an assistant to a midwife in Mali, a country with one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world.

http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2006/12/02/she_bears_
witness_to_an_african_midwifes_life_and_tragic_death

Mommy uprising

Here is a link to a piece that I wrote for the December issue of Boston magazine. One of the comments attached to the below post is related to that article.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_mommy_uprising