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Ester Bloom in The BillfoldMar 102 min read

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

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Gokcen Ergene in The CoffeeliciousMar 262 min read

Even The Colonel Laughs

Colonel Grandpa insists his first grandson be born in Istanbul.

Michael BouwerFeb 83 min read

The times, they are a-changing

A welcome letter to Sailor Grace

The only constant is change, as they say. But even by the standards of that old moniker, the 21st century has been a bit chaotic. We live on the edge of an era — the last death rattle of the…

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SaikhnaaOct 1, 20154 min read

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…

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Vatsal UdaniMar 203 min read

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…

aruna balaji SPyesterday4 min read

MY PREGNANT HUSBAND

Women are blessed to enjoy the bliss of carrying a child in their womb but what does it take for a man to travel through…

Danielle Campoamor in Human PartsApr 30, 20155 min read

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

I had been pushing for three consecutive hours, my…

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Neelu ShrutiMar 314 min read

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…

orthodox sunflower in The CoffeeliciousDec 3, 20154 min read

A tribute to the heroes of the NICU-the nurses

I remember that day as if it was yesterday. The day I was told I was carrying twins after an exhausting few years of infertility. My excitement was indescribable. Not one but two babies to love, hold and cherish? My head was spinning with the news…

Bethany GrabherSep 29, 20153 min read

Stillbirth

Giving birth is amazing and traumatic, and regardless of the experience, the details, pain and horror fade away. This happens more quickly than you can imagine, you forget the pain and just see the perfection of your child. In the same way, I know the feelings from my daughter’s birth, a stillbirth, will…