Posts by KaraMaia

In addition to exercise and sleep mentioned above. You can also try wearing knee socks to bed, keeping your calves warm may help reduce cramps. Also, eating good food sources of potassium and calcium. Bananas, almonds, dark leafy greens,...

I recommend CranioSacral Therapy - it's awesome for balancing the uterus, ligaments, and pelvis, to resolve low back, pelvic, and ligament pain in pregnancy. Also, I think both massage and chiropractic are helpful as well - but I...

Swimming and yoga are great for prenatal exercise! Sounds like you are listening to your body, and making the right changes for you. I think that swimming, yoga, and walking are safe all throughout pregnancy - and even into early labor!

I know a family that had a birth party - they threw a benefit for their homebirth - had food and drinks, invited all their friends and community, asked some friends to play music, and asked people to donate $10 or more to raise money...

Yes, Vita-mixers last forever. Mine is great, and is at least 15 years old! It's an old commercial version, so it's completely stainless steel. New ones run about $600 now, and you can always have it refurbished by them, that's what I'm...

Here's some of my favorite birth books - http://www.maiainstitute.com/best-birth-books/

Eating probiotics every day during pregnancy is really helpful in assisting healthy bacteria to colonize the gut, and is especially important if one has had antibiotics. Probiotics are a part of a healthy nutritional diet for prevention...

I'll be there! This will be my 3rd Midwifery Today Conference in Eugene as well. I have learned so much from attending these conferences, and I've made incredible connections with amazing birth guardians all over the world through the...

I Watched my Baby Brother Being Born - book and dvd http://www.waterbirthstore.org/index...WPROD&ProdID=9 I also like the book "On the Day You Were Born" though that's not specifically about homebirth, but it's a...

I love Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman - the trilogy by Monica Furlong. Also, Madeleine L'Engle both the Wrinkle in Time and Austin Family series. Philip Pullmans' Golden Compass series, and Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series. I...