Tag: Healthy Families

A Freebirth Chat at Skeptical OB

Defending Family Birth Podcast Complete Show

Here is the article and the comment section that followed as a cut and paste from Dr. T’s site.

I dedicated my radio show today to this post as a way to illustrate how I defended unassisted childbirth on the internet. This post contains screen grabs from the site if you want to just read my many comments.

Defending Family Birth

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Meal Planning

One of my favorite things these days, now that we are empty nesters, is observing my children in their kitchens. Three are married and one has two small children.

It has been so gratifying watching them cook with whole foods!

Paul and I spent so many years training them in kitchen skills that it has been joyful to see them all baking and meal planning.

Here are a few blasts from the past illustrating what we did.

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A few quotes are below:

Holiday Cooking with Children

Last thanksgiving I was dreading having the children home for ten days of vacation from school. Why? I don’t know, it probably had something to do with feeling the need to “entertain” them and keep them busy. But one day before school let up for the holiday I had an idea.

Let the kids cook during the holiday!

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Unassisted Childbirth in the News!

Some Women Choose Unassisted Birth, Here’s Why

There are compelling reasons some mothers choose to have their babies at home without a midwife or doula.

Jennifer Margulis

September 13, 2021

Unassisted Birth

Unassisted childbirth, also known as free birth or sometimes do-it-yourself (DIY) birth, is when a mom or an expectant couple chooses to have a baby without the assistance of a doctor, a midwife, or any other professional birth attendant.