Charting your cycle with fertility awareness methods (FAM) and natural family planning (NFP) can provide you and your doctor with information that can help you maintain a healthy pregnancy.
Unmedicated childbirth
Hoping for an unmedicated birth but have a doctor whose not on board? You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for practical support plus scientific research on unmedicated or natural childbirth. We’ve got you covered, (and your) baby.
Check out our all-things-pregnancy content below.
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Natural Womanhood Book Review: Real Food for Pregnancy
By Renee Walton • November 9, 2024Should you buy, borrow, or pass? -
Why some new moms are shunning hormonal birth control
By Melayna Alicea • October 15, 2024“My body has been through the wringer” -
I got it from my Mama… and Daddy? How Dad’s gut microbiome affects baby
By Elizabeth Wescott, PhD • October 5, 2024Research shows Dad, not Mom, drives placenta development -
Why labor often starts at night: The psychology of labor and birth
By Kaitlyn Kulda • August 17, 2024What does an ideal birth environment look like? -
Was the ARRIVE labor induction trial wrong?
By Melayna Alicea • August 15, 2024New research says expectant management is best -
Lessons learned from training for labor like it’s a marathon
By Kaitlyn Kulda • August 6, 2024Based on my personal experience! -
“Birth can be traumatic, and birth can be healing:” A tale of two birth stories
By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • July 30, 2024Birth trauma didn’t have the last word -
Don’t paint your nails while pregnant?: In-utero phthalate exposure and preterm birth risk
By Melayna Alicea • July 9, 2024Phthalates aren’t just in plastic water bottles -
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10 tips for your healthiest pregnancy with Type 2 Diabetes
By Caitlin Estes • May 14, 2024You can do this!