Christina at Solomother has tagged me in the Ten Things That Happened to Me meme. Babylune is about recovering from child birth and I think I should stay on topic at least sometimes, so here are ten things that happened to me when I was trying to get pregnant, pregnant, giving birth or recovering from the experience.

A few months ago, doctors in Toronto recommended that all women of childbearing age take prenatal vitamins even if they aren’t planning to become pregnant to prevent birth defects. In addition, women who have just given birth are advised to continue to take their vitamins to aid recovery and help prevent post partum depression.
The new news reported in Maclean’s magazine is that taking vitamins may prevent infertility due to ovulation problems.

One of the things I worried about before launching Babylune was the threat of criticism. In particular, I worried about being called selfish by insisting that mothers take the time to take care of themselves. The fact that I also acknowledge that we take care of everyone else, I believed, was sure to go unnoticed.

One of the reasons women have to take care of themselves, especially in the months after giving birth, is to protect their future fertility and the health of other children they may bear. Infection, anemia, and other threats to a woman’s health in the post partum …read more