The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) is concerned that the human rights of women, their babies and their midwives are being violated by [...]

If you are preparing to birth in a hospital as our cities take extraordinary steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus, you [...]

It seems people have remembered my bendy-straw mini-lesson for years. And so, here is a version, recorded by my husband. I hope labor [...]

I've attended over 500 births and here are essentials from my Doula Bag that you'll be happy to know about. My top priority [...]

Finding Peace Right Smack in the Middle of Family Life by Mary Esther Malloy Originally published on Thriveglobal When my sister and I [...]

I was eight months pregnant and packing. My husband and I were leaving Park Slope for Upper Manhattan’s Inwood.  I was excited to [...]

Blame modern hygiene, an industrialized food supply, an excess of antibiotics, or all of the above.  Collectively, we are driving more and more [...]

When my mother was pregnant with my brother P.J. - her fourth child -  she was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. [...]

After a Talk by Dr. Nils Bergman at New York University I. Neuroscience on the screen. A packed room of maternity care professionals. [...]

A ‘pregnant pause’ is a breath held in a story, a moment’s stillness where we linger between what has been told and what [...]