Lessons in Parenting from St. John Bosco

Today marks the feast of Saint John Bosco. It's a safe bet that he didn't have a whole lot of things to say specifically about pregnancy...

To Full Motherhood Redeemed

For decades, arguably centuries, women have been told their fertility is a liability, their bodies broken, pregnancy a disease, and birth...

I Want to Die With Battle Scars

The baby found my belly. It seems every baby has gone through this stage when during or after a nursing session they are fascinated with...

The Breastfeeding Support that Makes a Difference

It's World Breastfeeding Week again and this year it brings me to now fifteen total years of lactating I’ve put in. Whew! Seven babies...

Falling Into Home Birth: The Birth of My First Baby John Paul

My first born baby is now somehow a young man and celebrates his 18th birthday today! So here is his birth story - how I fell into home...

Our Lady of Childbirth - Patroness of Birthing Mothers

In the Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Rome there stands near the entrance a towering statue of the mother of Jesus. This representation of...

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