Do 1 Thing: Make A Playlist That Helps Me Survive Labor

Thursday is a great day to do that 1 thing you don’t want to do but also don’t want to continue thinking about doing

Even The Colonel Laughs

Colonel Grandpa insists his first grandson be born in Istanbul.

On the Finite Nature of Life and How It’s OK

We wake up and go to work. We eat 3 meals a day give or take. Sometimes we meet…

A Thousand Times Over.

Both her sons have grown up, the older one is studying in the States and the younger one, though he is here, barely…

Miscarriage from the father’s perspective

I woke up on our first full day in Dallas to the sound of my wife crying loudly from the bathroom. To my mind it could only be one thing. I was right.

I Never Got the Chance to Meet One of My Twin Sons

I had been pushing for three consecutive hours, my…

A week at The Farm Midwifery Center

I recently spent a week at The Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, Tennessee. For those of you who may not be familiar with The Farm — and with Ina May Gaskin — it has been a center for profound work in the birth field since 1970. I often recommend Ina May’s books…