• Last updated 11/9/10 by Mothering

Learn how to: Use the Basic Search Mode Use the Advanced Search Using Boolean Operators And Wildcards In Search   Use the Basic Search Mode How To Execute a Basic Search At the top of every page, you will see the search bar to search the entire site (forums, reviews, Wikis, user profiles, etc). Enter your search keywords into the search bar. Click the "Search" button. Your results will display on several different tabs, divided up by the different types of content.  The first tab will show all of the results across the site (in... read more

• Last updated 11/10/10 by Mothering

Learn: What is tagging and why is it important? How is the tagging on this site different than other sites? Add Tags To Forum Posts And Wiki Articles Remove Tags View Tag Pages Subscribe To Topic Tags     What is tagging?  Why is it important? Tags allow information from around the community to be aggregated together.  They are labels that can be added to forum posts or Wiki articles to tie pieces of content together to make relevant information easier to find.   Product Tags are unique identifiers for a specific... read more

• Last updated 11/9/10 by Mothering

  Welcome to Birth and Beyond! The Birth and Beyond boards are for discussion and respectful requests for information, personal experiences and evidence-based research to help mothers learn about natural birth, minimizing intervention and navigating the postpartum period. Quote: From Peggy O'Mara, owner and publisher of Mothering/MDC: Natural family living views pregnancy and birth as normal bodily processes, not disease states...Similarly, birth is seen as a normal event that does not require drugs or intervention.... read more

• Last updated 11/10/10 by Mothering

Learn how to: Add A New Item To The Database Edit A Product Description Add A New Image To A Product Page Edit Specs Edit Links Edit A Product Wiki   Add A New Product To The Database We do our best to add a good number of products to each category, but undoubtedly we've missed a few.  Thank you for your help in making the listings more complete!   Navigate to the right product category.  Start of by heading to the review and product page center here.  From there, select the appropriate product category. Click the "Add Item"... read more

• Last updated 11/9/10 by Mothering

The Parents As Partners forum was established to provide discussion of parenting issues that arise between partners. Over time the forum took an increased focus of discussion of sex and venting about one's partner as an individual. As this was not the intention in hand a redirection is now necessary. We recognize that dynamics between partners do affect the environment in which we are raising children and we can appreciate that a discussion forum can be a wonderful way to put one's personal problems with a partner out there for advice and support. As such, we have... read more

• Last updated 11/9/10 by Mothering

Learn how to: Add Images To Posts And Wikis Upload Images From Your Computer Embed Images From Another Site Using The On Site Tool Embed Images with Cut and Paste Embed Whole Albums from Photobucket Create And Edit Image Albums On Your Profile Create A New Image Album Add Images To An Album Edit Images In An Album Edit An Album's Details Organize Images In Your Albums Delete An Album Add Videos To Posts And Wikis   Add Images To Posts And Wikis Upload and Embed an Image from Your Computer In a forum... read more

• Last updated 8/1/12 by cristina7

Subscriptions are the way to personalize your experience so you can be kept abreast of only the changes that you care about. You can subscribe to forum threads, users whose content you enjoy reading, Wikis, etc. This way, each time you visit your home page you can see what has changed that you care about, without having to sift through stuff you don't. Additionally, you can get subscription content in immediate, daily, or weekly emails if you like.   Learn: Add Subscriptions View Your Subscription Content Edit or Remove Your Subscriptions Change... read more

• Last updated 11/9/10 by Mothering

Welcome to MDC's Parenting forum. The Parenting forum was designed to host general parenting-related discussion not covered by the other forums. In an effort to better maintain a supportive, helpful community, we have composed some posting guidelines and reminders of how the MDC Rules/User Agreement is applied: A variety of parenting perspectives is presented in this forum. Our membership is diverse, but we share a basic foundation of respect for the needs and rights of the child. Our forum serves an online community of parents considering, learning and... read more

• Last updated 11/9/10 by Mothering

The Dads forum is a place for MDC dads, and dads-to-be, to discuss issues that are particular to them as fathers. As such, posts to this forum should be focused on parenting topics specific to men. Other topics that concern men, such as prostate health, partner relationships, and other less parenting specific discussions, are welcome in the forums that are placed for those topics and intended to host them. We certainly welcome our male community and are delighted to find an increase in fathers registering and posting here. But we do want keep posting on topic for... read more

• Last updated 8/15/12 by Cynthia Mosher

Important Notice: If you receive a private message or public message notification in your email, do not reply to the email.  Click the 'Reply' button to reply via your message center. Learn: Send Private Messages Access And Manage Your Message Center Write Public Messages Delete Public Messages From Your Profile Change Your Messaging Notification Preferences   Send Private Messages Occasionally you may want to converse with another user privately. We require members to be registered for 7 days and have at least 10 posts made to... read more