Blog & Updates on Vancouver Prenatal Classes
Location, Location, Location: Choosing Baby’s Place of Birth
“Have you considered having a home birth?” My midwife had asked me in one of our first appointments. I promptly responded no, but the question spurred a few thoughts: “I’m a nurse. How could I even consider that?” “That can’t be safe.”
Weighing In on Pregnancy Weight Gain
How much weight should you gain when you’re pregnant?
While a cursory glance at the internet may appear to provide a consistent answer, a deeper search risks poking a hornet’s nest of dissonant opinions. There are many ways of thinking about this question. And they fly in wildly different directions.
Placenta Trivia
When you are pregnant, you not only grow a baby, you also grow a placenta!
Even though the placenta has been sometimes characterised as a waste-organ, an icky footnote, or unmentionable by-product of birth (the “after birth”), it is actually an important, unique, and fascinating organ.
The Turtle Trance
Although I had never seen a green sea turtle laying eggs, I have attended many human births. And the similarities struck me at every step of the way.
Ask Childbearing: Why would someone choose to give birth at home?
Why would someone choose to give birth at home? I understand that homebirth is as safe as hospital birth, but are there any specific benefits?
BABY GEAR: The Good, The Bad, and the Useless
The Top 10 most used, and most useless, baby gear items, according to our readers
Do you need a doula?
Do you need a doula?
Yes you do!
Your birth will be better with a doula. Any birth will be better with a doula. Here are some of the reasons.
