The “Birth Plan” — a lesson in futility

A first-time expectant mom asks: “Do you recommend any techniques for my upcoming labor and delivery? Does anything, in your experience, make things easier or more manageable in the delivery process? I’m trying to develop my Birth Plan. Thanks for your help!” Seeing as though we’re expecting my FOURTH labor and delivery in a few more »

The “Birth Plan”: What NOT to Expect

There is a strain of pregnancy propaganda out there that sets new moms up for failure. It says that unless you “achieve” some particular kind of delivery perfection, well, then…you haven’t quite made the cut, as a Mom. And that makes me angry. It’s in all the standard pregnancy books. Something along the lines of, more »