Posted by: nikkik in Untagged on
Feb 22, 2010
Vancouver Family Magazine is proud to be a media sponsor for March of Dimes. The March For Babies event is coming up, here's the kickoff
Posted by: nikkik in Delivery on
Feb 18, 2010
What women hear about labor and childbirth before they experience it shapes their view of the experience, for better or for worse. As a woman, do you think it is more beneficial for expectant mothers to be verbally "prepared" by experienced mothers for the intensity of labor by hearing the raw reality (ex: "It is the most PAINFUL thing you'll EVER experience. EVER!), or by hearing it in softer ways (ex: it's difficult but . . . ). I'm fascinated by how the culture of childbirth affects and conditions girls from a young age (especially now that I'm the mother of two daughters), and I vascillate between wanting them to know what's coming (it's ain't no tea party!), and not frightening them so much that they panic when the time comes to become pregnant and eventually deliver their own child. What do you think? How did/do your friends and family help or hinder your journey toward
