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14 things you need to remember about birth
For months I’ve been jazzed about childbirth and what it means. Weird, I know. And posts from Thursday and Friday cover that area, but one thing surprised me: Not everybody even gets what happens in labor, including those that have gone through it. At first, I thought it was because I was focused on it,…
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My wife is a rock star
That is what I tweeted more than a month ago when my son was born. “My wife is a rock star.” I meant it. Because I witnessed a woman overcoming her fears and helping a 7 1/2 pound baby get out of her body by herself. If you haven’t witnessed childbirth, you can’t imagine…
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No More “Delivering” Babies
In our normal lives (in other words, outside of childbirth), the word delivery speaks of a relationship. Specifically the mail carrier delivers the mail. Or the pizza guy delivers your pizza. Or the stork delivers babies to the doorstep. Our relationship to the word ‘delivery’ is actually the relationship. Delivery isn’t so much about an…