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SPOILER ALERT! If you watch Bones on Fox and either Tivo or get a season’s pass online,     DO NOT READ BELOW unless you want to know all about the birth.

Yes the birth. Bones fans (my family included) finally got what they’ve been waiting for all season. After two of the main characters had a natural [...]

One of the very first books that ever really affected my outlook on life was Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich. Looking back from where I stand now, as a doula, birth mentor and advocate for those who have survived gender based violence, it had a much bigger impact than I realized at the time…20 [...]

Long, long ago, Amy promised for me that I would post a follow up to her post about the fire that took my family’s home. Today is the six month anniversary of that fire and it’s high time I followed through on the promise. So here we go.

Just now, six months later, [...]

With the defeat (46-71) of the Home Birth Safety Act at the very end of the last legislative session, the Illinois legislature decided that Certified Professional Midwives in Illinois shall remain unlicensed. The Coalition for Illinois Midwifery (CFIM) is re-introducing the bill in the new session and it has a new number, HB2940. In the [...]