My website!

I has one! This blog continues, but if you're looking for contact info, my doula practice or how to get yourself a gorgeous baby carrier (pictures are coming!), this is the place:

goodhands.vpweb.com

A note on doula stuff - I have received my training (it was awesome!) and am available for births, so if you're looking for a woman to help you get the info you need to make decisions about birth and baby and, when the time comes, to help you and your family through the wonders of labor and birth, come talk to me :)

Delayed Cord Clamping, from a physician's perspective

I can't do this article justice with a nutshell, but it is a good one to give to an OB who doesn't see why not to cut baby's cord immediately. Dr. Nicholas Fogelson, an OB/GYN, writes to an audience of doctors about his personal experience with early cord clamping and why he now waits to clamp or cut the cord. He addresses all the "what-ifs" and cites a boatload of studies, including links.

http://academicobgyn.com/2009/12/03/delayed-cord-clamping-should-be-standard-practice-in-obstetrics/

How Mother's Milk is Made

An excellent explanation of the most common reason mothers stop breastfeeding (and what helps): not enough milk.
http://www.llli.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVJunJul01p54.html

In a Nutshell: Milk production is continuous and governed by how much milk is left in the breast. If the baby empties about 80% of the available milk, the supply will remain constant; more and it will increase, less and it will decrease. Trouble with milk supply is almost always due to not enough sucking--either too much time between feedings, interrupted feedings or, sometimes, a baby whose suck is ineffective at getting the milk out.