Humans are funny little creatures. They need studies to prove what we see in Nature so clearly. Studies that demonstrate that a newborn human, a mammal should not be separated from its parents after birth. Better still: they need studies that demonstrate that not separating a newborn from its parents causes no harm. Well then […]
Fully integrating our birth story is a process. It doesn´t happen in a moment. And just like grief, at times it feels like we´re taking one step forwards then two steps back. Just when we thought we were done and at peace. Something triggers a major setback; we experience the pain as if it had […]
My breastfeeding journey, as with anything to do with our reproductive, sexual and feeding life, did not begin when I put my first baby to the breast. It began in the way I was conceived, carried, birthed and fed. I was breastfed for fifteen days. And I was a nursery baby. Back in 1979, in […]
Breastfeeding is a topic that is very near and dear to my heart. Why? In my first pregnancy I never worried about breastfeeding, my mother managed to breastfeed me for 9 months and my younger sister for 2 years, so I always thought: “Peanuts”. Something so natural will go well for sure. However, when my […]
One of the “magical unicorns” of breastfeeding. Is it possible to breastfeed more than one baby simultaneously? And exclusively breastfeed them during their first 6 months? Has anyone ever done it? I often joke about the fact that until the first time I got pregnant, my breasts were as small an egg… a fried egg, […]
My breastfeeding story begins with my first child. I left hospital with formula as I was told I didn´t have enough milk, that it never came, and that my baby was hungry. I breastfed him for a week, then once a day for the next two months. I also used a bottle and pacifier. With […]
“There is a lot I still don’t know. About life, about what the future might bring. But I see the value of my story. Even if it´s not pretty or perfect. Even if it´s more real than you want it to be. Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is […]
“What will I tell my daughter”, you asked me, “when she asks about how she was born?” Very few people ever imagined they would be giving birth during a global pandemic. Where hospital protocols and medical appointments are a blur of newly released and ever-changing information, and restrictive policies seem to take the dreams that […]
The arrival of a little brother or sister is a very significant event in a child’s life. Ever since childbirth has become a medicalized and “hidden” event for the vast majority of people, the possibility of being able to witness or support the arrival of a brother or sister is practically non existent. The baby […]
