Kangaroo Mother Care Saves Lives

Read the full article here — premature babies on their mothers’ chests have better outcomes than those placed in incubators. This is particularly important in low-income countries who simply don’t have the resources to have all the “bells and whistles” that can help preemies survive and thrive.

Circumcision Aftermath

A few months ago, I wrote a post entitled Circumcision Guidelines. One of the people who commented was Akram, who said this: I am a Muslim.I was forcibly circumcised at the age of eight.I was lying in a ward full of women and children after my circumcision.The experience scarred me deeply.It led to great psychological [...]

Read this article and save $200,000!!

Oh, that’s an eye-catching headline! How many times have you read such an attention-grabber, only to be disappointed by the contents of the article? This may be one of those times. Or, perhaps the article sounded good or horrifying, until you read rebuttal comments after it which changed your perspective? Happens to me a lot. [...]

Amazing Vernix

I just had to share this link — the “summary” would be (drum roll, please) that there are antimicrobial agents in vernix and amniotic fluid. The authors theorize that if more babies were allowed to have the vernix kept on their skin and/or rubbed in, that there would be fewer infections that sometimes can be [...]

Your Laugh for the Day

If this doesn’t make you laugh, there’s something wrong with you.

Sex Education

In my opinion, sex education is anything that someone learns about sex. This may include things things related to birth, since sex is how babies are made. I remember seeing puppies and kittens being born when I was a child, and don’t remember ever not knowing that. I do know that I was a little [...]

“We’ve never heard such a ruckus”

That was the quote from the Senate Chairman when talking about the recent Mississippi legislation (that died in committee), that would have made all non-nurse midwives illegal in our state. With over 5,000 phone calls, the response was unprecedented. While that may not seem like a lot of phone calls, apparently, it was! Considering that [...]

Beautiful Blogger Award

I’ve been nominated for a Beautiful Blogger award: 1. I must thank the person who bestowed this honor upon me. Thank you, Michelle! 2. Copy the award and place it on my blog. Ok, did that already! 3. Link to the bestowers’ site. Here is Michelle’s blog. 4. Enumerate seven interesting things about myself. [Well, [...]