5 Ways Pitocin is Different than Oxytocin

http://pregnancy.about.com/od/induction/a/pitocindiffers.htm The numbers of inductions of labor using artificial means like Pitocin and other medications has gone up dramatically in the last few years. A hospital in my area says that 90 of the women have their labors induced. Since science shows us that inducing labor can increase the numbers of complications in the labor and with the baby,Continue reading “5 Ways Pitocin is Different than Oxytocin”

Why You Should Wear (or Carry) Your Baby (At Least Some of the Time)

Just as all members of the family hominidae are and were ardent co-sleepers, apes, humans, and (most likely) all extinct hominids carried or even wore their infants on their bodies as a general rule. And so, for most of human history, our infants have been swaddled, slung, carried, grasped, hugged, and otherwise attached to ourContinue reading “Why You Should Wear (or Carry) Your Baby (At Least Some of the Time)”