Monthly Archives: January 2012

Home Births Up 29% from 2004-2009

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Robin

A new CDC report looks at the trends of home birth from 1990-2009. While home birth was relatively stable from 1990-2004, after that there was a 29% rise in the number of home births, though still a very low number.  … Continue reading →

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Helping Mothers $1 at a Time

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Robin

Disaster strikes. We’ve all seen it on the news. Sometimes it’s close to home, like the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and sometimes it feels more distant, as in the tsunami in Japan. Every year 13 million people will become refugees … Continue reading →

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Beyonce’s Baby Blunder

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Robin

An official statement was made today that says Baby Blue is taking over a whole floor, but is in an executive suite, with their own security detail and that she was not born via c-section, scheduled or otherwise. As you’ve … Continue reading →

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