According to a British Medical Journal that came out earlier this week, those that have had breech babies, probably have a gene that passes it on. They actually studied 387,000 births to get their information and learned that mothers that had been born breech or their husbands that were born breech were twice as likely to give birth to a breech baby. Now, this doesn’t mean danger, but doctors that know can be more aware and make all precautions just in case.

Lune is the French word for moon, the satellite that revolves around the earth, exerting its pull upon the tides and, according to the most respectable old wives, upon the female cycle, fertility, conception and birth.
In moon represents woman at her fullest: pregnant. After that, though, comes the blue moon, the postpartum period and the first phase of new motherhood. With this comes the new role of mother (or multiple times a mother) recovery, adjustment and an entirely new life. Babylune started out as a blog about this first phase of new motherhood, as an information resource for the recovery …read more

After lots of false labor in the heat of summer, Kelly at Thrifty Mommy has just given birth to her second child, a son.
I would like to ask 20 000 of you to head over to her site so she can buy a frugally-priced baby present for the little child inofficially from me
By the way, I left a comment on Kelly’s blog that I would like to repeat here for anyone who needs to see it:
The tough thing about labor is that Mom really is in the driver’s seat. She just doesn’t have a brake or an accelerator. 

If you haven’t written your birth story and posted it for others to read already, comment on this post and let us have a read. I think there is something cleansing about telling the story of your birth to those who have been there. At least, it helped me heal. There is a reason why I have a post partum recovery blog. I hate talking about birth itself. During both of my deliveries, for entirely different reasons, I screamed in pain during certain points.
My inspiration going into labour has always been the story of how Grey Forest Walt was born …read more