Camila Alves' Post-Baby Tradition Puts Moms First

"Camila believes in what Brazilians call "quarentena." It's actually practiced all over the world. What it means is that the mother spends time restoring her health and bonding with her baby for a little over a month. For Camila, it was 40 days."

Stigma Hinders Treatment For Postpartum Depression

If you think you may be suffering from PPD, don't be afraid to ask for help and KEEP asking till you find someone willing to find the root of the problem.

8 Babywearing Benefits for Everyone (even baby)

Why Mothers Kiss Their Babies

"Just like an animal mother, she has now exposed her five senses to the baby so she attaches to him or her. She now feels he or she is her own. It is not unusual to find that women who are deprived of the privacy required to create this immediate bonding right after birth often say they feel a distance between them and their baby."

Have you kissed your baby today? :-)

AMC receives prestigious international award for achieving Baby-Friendly designation - the first medical center in Minnesota

Beyond Biology: The Holistic Stages of Labor

This is one of the most powerful and intuitive accounts of the labor and birth process that I have ever read before. I was brought to tears several times by the power I felt and remembered from my own births as I read it. It is lengthy, but you will not be sorry if you take the time to go all the way through it.

1st baby wearing 2nd baby

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Oxytocin: It's a Mom & Pop Thing

"Corresponding author Dr. Ruth Feldman noted that this finding "emphasizes the importance of providing opportunities for father-infant interactions immediately after childbirth in order to trigger the neuro-hormonal system that underlies bond formation in humans."