Amber Hinds

Nantucket

  • Saturday Surfing

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    Finds of the week. Best and Worst Countries to be a Mother, InCulture Parent – “The 2010 Mothers’ Index rates 160 countries (43 developed nations and 117 in the developing world) in terms of the well-being of mothers and children. […] The U.S. places 28, primarily because its rate for maternal mortality – 1 in…

  • The Mother’s Role in a Not-So-Perfect Birth

    The Mother’s Role in a Not-So-Perfect Birth

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    This is a follow up on my post about Rixa Freeze’s birth story, and my OB friend Megan’s comment on the post.  In that post, I quoted a midwife blogger who found Inga’s resuscitation to be less “jarring” and more gentle than a hospital resuscitation would have been. I first have to stipulate a few…

  • Are Hospital Births Less Gentle Than Home Births?

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    First, a note: I received a great comment from my friend Megan on the last post and I started to write back to her, but as I typed, and typed, and typed, I realized my response would be better served as a blog post. As it turns out, this is going to be a two-parter,…

  • A birth story

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    I started pondering the art of sharing after reading the birth story of Dr. Rixa Freeze‘s third child, Inga. Inga was born at home on March 2nd in a surprise unassisted birth — the midwife arrived 5 minutes after she was born — and Rixa posted the birth story a few days after the birth.…

  • Spring Fever

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    Spring is almost here and after a few teasingly warm days, we all have the fever.  As much as possible now, we’re getting out of the house and going for walks to town or the playground; lingering outside, not just running from the warmth of our house to the warmth of the ECC.  We’re so…

  • Blogiversary

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    It’s my blogiversary!  One year ago today, I wrote my first blog post on Au Coeur, In Like a Lion.  I was seriously missing Nora while I worked and feeling overwhelmed with the possibility of Chris losing his job, which would have further cemented me as the primary breadwinner – something I did not want…

  • Saturday Surfing

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    It’s back!  Hurray! Awesome/interesting finds of the week: 7 tons of ground beef recalled due to possible E. coli, CNN – Gag. Another example of why a global food system doesn’t work. Eat local…yes, you can find local meat.  Go to Eat Wild and search for a farm near you. A Pirate Life on MADE…

  • What is Wrong With Me???

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    All day my kitchen has looked like this: And it still does, only now there’s dinner dishes too. Last night I was so tired that after waking up at 8:45 in the chair in Nora’s room, I took myself upstairs and fell into bed without even taking out my contacts or changing my clothes.  I…

  • Talking About Birth

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    As I begin to position myself as an information source, an expert of sorts, on pregnancy, birth, and parenting, I’ve had to spend time thinking about what type of information I want to relay.  Through Papoose’s website, Facebook page, and in-store customer interactions, I’ll be sharing news and information that may be of interest to…

  • Report Card

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    I love Sundays, I really do.  But then, it’s hard not to love a day that starts out with Chris letting me sleep in.Saturdays and Sundays, Chris gets up early with Nora and I get to enjoy a bed to myself for a few hours.  He has to put a baby gate at the bottom…

  • Back to Normal

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    The Brotherhood is open again today and I won’t lie, I’m pretty sad about it. I’m glad that I’ll have another awesome option for dinner, but I’m also sad that Chris is back to work, for several reasons:

  • March!

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    We’ve already used up two days of March and I still can’t believe it.  I know I say it all the time…but where did the time go?  I’m always amazed at how short February is, the last full month of winter and now spring is just around the corner. We had (what I’m assuming to…