Shopping for a baby shower has got to be one of my all-time favorite things to do. I like it so much that when my husband offered to swing by Babies “R” Us on his lunch hour to save me from having to lug four children out in a cold, pouring rain, I said, no [...]

Time magazine has done a sobering report on Amnesty International’s newly released study on American women dying in childbirth. What we so often think of as a specter of bygone days is actually on the rise here in the U.S. In fact, according to the study, the maternal death rate here has doubled since 1987. [...]

I cried all the way through this incredible, beautiful story. I hardly have words for how moving this is. (Don’t worry, nobody dies.) It is a birth story, with some typical mother/baby pictures, so I don’t recommend it for men, but I just couldn’t resist sharing it with you, ladies. Hat tip to Owlhaven for [...]