Posted by: Claudia Heilbrunn, July 28, 2008 in 1:44 am
The Right Birth for You
Women today have more choices than ever about how their baby is going to enter the world: in their own home or at a hospital; aided by a midwife or obstetrician; with an epidural or drug free; with solely her medical staff or with her husband and a doula by her side.
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Posted by: Claudia Heilbrunn, July 27, 2008 in 11:00 pm
The Scene
You go to your pediatrician’s office exhausted and desperate for tangible advice that will help your baby to sleep through the night (or at least for a four-hour stretch). Your pediatrician states firmly that, at four months, your child can sleep for longer stretches: you have to stop nursing/bottle feeding your baby on demand and you must stop picking him/her up when she cries at night. You look at your child guiltily not knowing what to do: you feel exhausted, desperate and confused.
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