An Unnatural Birth: In Praise of the Caesarean Section
I'm sitting, exhausted, in a tiny circle of new mommies, almost all of us first-timers, with our two-month-old babies in our laps. Some of the babies are sleeping, some are awake. For most of us, I assume, it was a struggle to even get here, to this meetup. It certainly was for me. The mommies are trading birthing…
Little Girl Watching Her Own Birth Feels All the Emotions
I am so glad I was born before recording a child's birth was the norm (although my mother happily tells me I had to be forcibly evicted from the womb) because I don't know if I would be able to stand the emotional roller coaster of watching myself come into existence. The little girl in this video, however, seems to…
Woman Gives Birth in the Middle of NYC Street
A woman in labor was trying to hail a cab to the hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Monday when her baby could no longer wait—she got down on the ground and gave birth right there in the crosswalk on the corner of 68th and 3rd. Fox 5 News cameras happened to catch all the action while on their way to…
Hot Right Now: Letting Your Newborn Keep His Placenta for Six Days
Okay, brace yourself. There's a birthing technique that will allow you to live in a house with a Keurig and some wifi but still keep the umbilical cord attached from your baby to its placenta postpartum until it detaches on its own, about a week later, just like chimpanzees do. Sure, it requires lugging the thing…
Woman Gives Birth in a Bookstore, Proves Bookstores Are Still Useful
So, a pregnant woman walks into a bookstore...and gives birth, right there in the lobby. Get it? Because, at this point in our cultural reliance on THE INTERNET, bookstores have to diversify. You can't just sell books out of bookstore — bookstore proprietorship often means selling coffee, babysitting children, and…
Your Morning Sniffle: A Pregnancy Captured in a Second a Day
Developer Danny Pier filmed his wife's pregnancy and put it together into a heartwarming timelapse a la the baby's first year video. He did this because he's part of an internet conspiracy to rip our uteruses out and fill them with Cathy comics, See's Almond Rocas, and a million tears.
If You're Gonna Get Pregnant, Do It Now (Or Mess Up Your Baby for Life)
Here's one more thing to worry about in regards to your perfect pregnancy: If you don't conceive before August — your child will probably suffer from a weaker immune system, poorer vision and hearing, and slower cognitive development. But no pressure.


