First thing I did when I learned I was pregnant was go to the library and check out a ton of books: the A's to Z's of it all. Books and the Internet taught me how to be pregnant. They taught me how to give birth. How to take care of a newborn. How to be a mother. How to maintain marriage after baby. How to return to work and not go crazy from it ( Read more... )

For those of you who do not know, my next child will, God willing, be born at home. I'm a staunch proponent of home birth.

Having said that, I must say that home birth is not for everyone.

This article is a case in point ( Read more... )