By Jackie Kelleher Hydrangeas are my flower of anticipation. Every summer as I pass them, my heart remembers the weeks leading up to the homebirth…
A mother’s level of stress determines her baby’s neurodevelopment according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Los…
Gloria Lemay’s “Secret Sensation Time: How to Have a Great Birth, Especially VBAC” in the current Spring issue of Pathways Magazine brings a vital message…
Giving birth in a safe place is mandatory for labor to progress normally. Because women are more sensitive to the possibility of threat, danger, or…
Can childbirth for women be as stressful as war? According to the National Post, the answer is yes. 1 in 13 women in America experience…
By Lauren McClain How babies experience their gestation and infancy carries through their whole lives. The energy that parents bring to their child’s Primary Period helps…
By Lauren McClain I was introduced to the indigenous Mexican term “Dando a Luz” from Pathways issue 57. Few things have clicked into place so…
By Lauren McClain A maternity hospital in Canada lowered their cesarean rate by 21% in just six months and then gave up trying and let…
By Sophie Fletcher, BA Hons, MA How you think can change how you feel. Today I’m going to talk about the P word. Yes I…
By Lauren McClain “Birth is not only about making babies. It’s about making mothers; strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and believe in their…