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Book Review: Moon Time

Posted in Birth Thoughts, ceremony, moontime, mothers, Neat stuff, postpartum, self-care, women, women's circle on May 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Book Review:  Moon Time: a guide to celebrating your menstrual cycle by Lucy H. Pearce Paperback, 145 pages, 2012 ISBN13 9781468056716 http://thehappywomb.com/ Reviewed by Molly Remer, Talk Birth When I wrote my blog post about moontime’s return in April, I was delighted to get a comment from writer and womancraft wisewoman, Lucy Pearce the author [...]

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Postpartum Thoughts/Feelings, Part 2

Posted in babies, mothers, personal, postpartum, self-care, women, writing on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »

“The time of danger, what needs to be survived, comes at different times for mothers. For me, it came early — during my [child]‘s infancy.” –From Sleeping Beauty & The Fairy Prince: A Modern Retelling By Cassie Premo Steele After posting my “playing my music” essay containing an exploration of my postpartum feelings after the [...]

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Some reminders for postpartum mamas & those who love them

Posted in babies, birth, birth education, childbirth educators, family, Maternal health, maternity care, mothers, postpartum, self-care, women on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I recently finished a series of classes with some truly beautiful, anticipatory, and excited pregnant women and their partners. I cover postpartum planning during the final class and I always feel a tension between accurately addressing the emotional upheavals of welcoming a baby into your life and marriage and “protecting,” in a sense, their innocent, [...]

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Rebirth: What We Don’t Say

Posted in babies, birth, giving birth, mothers, postpartum, pregnancy loss, women on October 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »

A new self did emerge. This is what women do not tell each other. I want to say it here: You will die when you become a mother and it will hurt and it will be confusing and you will be someone you never imagined and then, you will be reborn. Truthfully, I have never [...]

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Eightmonthababy!

Posted in babies, family, mothers, personal, pictures, postpartum, self-care, women on September 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »

I don’t know if it simply because we’ve said she is the last baby, or, because she is such an awesome baby, or what, but Alaina makes me want to never not have a baby. Maybe I have a different perspective this time around because my oldest is now 8, so I can see right [...]

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Milk, Money, & Madness

Posted in babies, Birth Thoughts, breastfeeding, family, Maternal health, maternity care, mothers, postpartum, quotes, women on September 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »

In early August, I received a press email from Evenflo about their “in-law feeding frenzy” video. While I recognized they were attempting to be playful and funny, I chose not to share the video with my readers because I found several elements of it problematic. Rather than recognize the opportunity to create an internet stir [...]

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Guest Post: 5 Easy Ways to Stay Happy and Relaxed

Posted in mothers, postpartum, Resources, self-care, women on September 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Chicago Healers Practitioner Dr. Helen Lee provides five easy ways to stay calm, relaxed and connected to the self throughout even the busiest days. Breathe – It may feel silly to remind oneself to breathe, but it is so important.  There are two types of breathing: shallow and deep.  Taking shallow chest breaths causes the [...]

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Omega 3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy

Posted in babies, breastfeeding, Maternal health, maternity care, mothers, Neat stuff, postpartum, pregnancy on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This week, I was contacted about some new research being presented at the The Era of Hope conference in Orlando, FL about omega 3 supplementation during pregnancy reducing the risk of breast cancer for the baby girl in the future. Era of Hope is a scientific meeting funded by the Department of Defense Breast Cancer [...]

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Listening to my baby…even when we disagreed!

Posted in babies, breastfeeding, family, mothers, postpartum on July 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I have a lot of breastfeeding-related posts I’d like to share soon. Here’s hoping I have time to make that come true! The following is an essay I wrote about my experiences nursing my first baby. It was originally published in LLL‘s New Beginnings in 2006. Listening to my baby… By Molly Remer Before my [...]

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Inseparable

Posted in babies, Birth Thoughts, breastfeeding, maternity care, mothers, postpartum on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The cutting of the umbilical cord tends to herald the arrival of a new and unique life. Though this tiny being began its existence many months before, growing nestled and protected within the womb, the just-born infant is seen as an individual apart from his or her mother. There is, however, a significant error in [...]

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