Category Archive

health

Talking to your kids about dad’s vasectomy

Christine is the thirty-something mama of five kids (ages range from six to sixteen) and author of The Bean Blog. She wrote a post about telling her kids about her husband’s vasectomy.

Even complication-free homebirths can come with complications

So yes. I had my relaxing and empowering labor and birth in the comfort of my own home. Then I had to go the hospital.

Losing a child who never existed: considering parenthood when you’re bipolar

Olivia and her husband planned for a child, only to find out that having Olivia go off her bipolar meds wasn’t an option they could take. Now, they’re moving in a new path toward parenthood.

Figuring out when to stop: a couple’s struggle with infertility

Diane and her husband are approaching infertility treatments and wondering just how far they’ll go to conceive a child.

How to have a healthy Vegan pregnancy

Healthy vegetarian and vegan diets can do wonders for you, and are also perfectly fine to continue while pregnant. In fact, there’s no reason that you can’t raise your own tiny vegetarian or vegan!

The terrorism of health recommendations for mothers

“It seems like every time I turn around there is another warning about BPA, VOCs or phthalates in products. Just how terrified should I be?”

What no one told me about post-partum life

I wish people had given me specific examples of adjustments they made after giving birth. So knowing that, here are my observations as a new mom of three weeks.

How are you dealing with your postpartum period woes?

My question for YOU, Offbeat Mamas, is this: what are good alternatives to plastic pads and tampons?