Callai Nagle, ICCE

The new EBB article on IV Fluids is here! Please share far and wide!

Infant weight loss after birth may be totally unrelated to how breastfeeding is going, as this post explains.

The Myth of the Painful Birth - and Why it's Not Nearly so Bad as Women Believe http://ow.ly/Nngr30a0kBn

"Traditionally, the capacity of a care center is measured in beds, but natural birth frequently means the facility has to 'admit someone who doesn’t need a bed right away,' Shah says. That meansperhaps counterintuitivelythat they need less beds than patients, because a woman in labor doesn’t immediately need to lay down. 'When it comes to facility planning, [that] blows the designer’s mind,' says Shah."

Important information!

Today's video is out, and it's all about membrane sweeping! One of the things I talk about in the video is the phenomenon of women having their membranes swept ...without their consent during a routine cervical exam. I'm just curious, has that ever happened to you? If you had been given this evidence-based list of pros and cons (in the video), would you have consented or not? See more

The Pregnancy Support group which I am facilitating, offered through the longstanding Bay Area organization Support Group for Mothers, is up and running! Located in Albany, the support group will give pregnant moms a chance to start to build a new community of fellow parents and to prepare to meet their babies with love and confidence. During the facilitated group, pregnant moms will come together to talk about their thoughts and feelings, questions and concerns, doubts and ...joys as they begin their journeys as mothers and navigate the ups and downs of pregnancy. Our February session just began this week, but moms can still sign up and join in for the remainder of the meetings, which go through March. Please help me spread the word and share with any pregnant women who might be interested or who could benefit from the extra support a group will provide. More info can be found at supportgroupformothers.com, by email at [email protected], by phone 510-761-7390, or by messaging me via Facebook.

A follow-up to part 1 of the article we recently shared. Please hear us: you can say "no." You can say "no." You can say "no."

Very important message for new parents! It's normal for babies to wake up several times during the night.

I am facilitating a new support group for pregnant mothers at Loving Arms' meeting space in Albany beginning this November!

I saw this bumper sticker on a car parked next to me at Trader Joe's this morning. I couldn't agree more!