The Birth Roots Blog, Taking Root

Figuring Out Parenting Fears
Summer in Maine can be likened to the joy and light that comes with pregnancy and parenting. The anticipation of things to come, planning, surprises, unexpected pleasures and unscripted moments of the unique period of early parenthood are found within these thawed and...

Oxytocin = Pumpkin Bread
At Birth Roots, we talk a lot about the lesser known, hormonal opposite of adrenaline, called OXYTOCIN. The hormone of love, community, bonding and relaxation. It is so incredibly important in so many of the processes around pregnancy, birth (literally makes...

Oxytocin = Banana Bread
At Birth Roots we talk a lot about the lesser known, hormonal opposite of adrenaline, called OXYTOCIN. The hormone of love, community, bonding, and relaxation. It is so incredibly important in so many of the processes around pregnancy, birth (literally makes...

Birth Roots Classes are MORE…
Won’t We Just Figure This Out? The short answer is YES! You absolutely will figure out pregnancy, birth and parenting. But what if there is a way to make it easier, more fun, more interesting, less stressful, etc. This experience is as much about personal development...

A Mini-Guide to Preparing a Sibling to Share their Orbit
A Whole New World with Two: A Mini-Guide to Preparing a Sibling We hear from parents all the time who are thinking about having a second child or preparing for a second about nearly universal kinds of worries – the worry variety we are talking about today is all about...

Yes, Dad. We really do need to use a car seat.
My dad still sometimes rolls his eyes about my car seat obsession, and believe me, I could be far more informed about the subject. In fact, I would likely make a car seat checker cringe with my habit of loading the car with projectiles. I’m not exactly sure when real...
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