Having a Baby Today Newsletter

Midwifery Today's newsletter for parents and parents-to-be!

Click here for the premiere issue in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat 4 Required)

Click here for other back issues.

Sampling of the articles found in the premiere issue:

• Cuddle Up! Slings and Baby Carriers - by Jennifer Rosenberg, CD(DONA)
  This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of carrier, ways of making your own baby carrier, and reviews of specific brands of "ready made" carriers.
• 6 Keys to Preventing Complications and Giving Birth to a Healthy Baby - by Marci O'Daffer, CCE, Doula
• The Prenatal Water Workout - by Jill Cohen
• Straight from the Heart of Mothering - by Robin Lim
• A Father's Point of View - by Anthony Wilson

Check out what our readers are saying about Having a Baby Today!

From pre-conception to the first birthday, Having a Baby Today will help parents and parents-to-be learn how to have a healthy, happy baby and mother!

• Information and resources for parents from a midwife's viewpoint
• Help motherbaby have a safe, healthy pregnancy and birth
• Parents share their experiences and wisdom
• Learn why it's important to have a healthy body before you get pregnant

Learn how to talk to moms!
Reading Having a Baby Today is like sitting in with an experienced midwife as she talks to her clients.

This 16-page print newsletter emphasizes the miracle of birth, and is the voice of the loving, experienced midwife sitting down with a mom over tea and talking to her about birth.

Are you a parent? Having A Baby Today's columns on breastfeeding and "I wish I'd known...", as well as vital research-based information on current medical practices, is the perfect newsletter for parents who want positive information that will help them stay healthy through pregnancy and birth. Not pregnant yourself? It's the perfect pregnancy gift for a friend!

Are you a doula, massage therapist, childbirth educator, naturopath or other "helping professional"? You'll be delighted by this newsletter written from your perspective combined with a midwifery perspective, and aimed specifically at parents in the childbearing year!

If you're a La Leche League leader or otherwise promote attachment parenting, you'll love the holistic approach Having a Baby Today takes to breastfeeding and parenting in the first year.

And if you're a midwife, you'll find in Having a Baby Today the same quality of information found in Midwifery Today, but in a format and tone which is more friendly and accessible to new parents. Written by many of the same authors that write for Midwifery Today, the newsletter provides parents with exactly the kind of information they need to enhance their understanding of the choices before them and the issues at hand. From articles on pain in labor to nutrition in pregnancy, each issue is a rich and delightful resource that will help parents make responsible, informed choices.

The fundamental undercurrent of Having a Baby Today is the strong undercurrent of respect and faith in the birth process and women's birthing instincts that characterizes a midwifery model of care. Articles are drawn from the rich resources of both past issues of Midwifery Today and new articles written by authors who are already well known and loved in other Midwifery Today publications.