The 51% Factor: Pregnancy, Power & Health

Recently I came across this posting and thought it worth posting again. On one hand I see signs of continuing progress, and on another hand it seems to me there are fundamentalist influences popping up everywhere (including among U.S. evangelists) that threaten women’s right to reproductive freedom and health. There is no end to the [...]

Pregnany & Parenting Coaching

Looking through incoming emails, tweets, fb notifications and e-newsletters that inhabit my inbox more and more, I noticed something interesting:  Lifestyle Coaches for people entering the pregnancy and parenting pathway. After some investigation, I found a plethora (many, many) web business/sites that offer services on everything from getting pregnant to getting your kid into college. [...]

Postpartum Exercise: Creating Your 3rd Body

Creating your new, improved body following birth.

Sex, Pregnancy, Birth Control, Viagra & War

The connections among sex, pregnancy, birth control, viagra and war in contemporary life.

Healthy Moms Having Healthy Babies – the Challenge in 2011

Outlining DTP’s goals in 2011: Helping women be healthy during the childbearing period, and adding to the effort to assure Safe Motherhood around the globe.

Breastfeeding Research Demonstrates More Baby Protections

A precis of recent research findings on how bifido bacteria help baby’s digestive tract mature by digesting certain sugars in breast milk and coating the tract to ward off noxious bacteria.

Beyond Yoga

The relationship between aerobics plus other exercise components and yoga to produce a successful pregnancy outcome.

World-wide Maternal Mortality Rate Down, but U.S. Up!

Maternal mortality rates are down; however, U.S. rates are rising! What’s with the U.S.? We have asked this question before on this blog, but now a lot of others are asking, too! Must read: Hogan MC, Foreman KJ, Naghavi M, et al.  Maternal Mortality for 181 Countries, 1980-2008: A Systematic Analysis of Progress Towards Millennium [...]

Reflecting on Mother’s Day

Thanks to moms and reminders on how to get more information on having a healthy pregnancy, birth and recovery.

The 51% Factor: Pregnancy, Power & Health

How women can influence the health and well-being of all people.

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