Introduction Natural birth, or unmedicated childbirth, represents a profound and intricate biological process. For this reason, it will also be referred to as physiologic birth in this article.  The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) formally defines physiologic birth as "spontaneous labor and birth at term without the use of pharmacologic and/or mechanical interventions for labor stimulation or pain management throughout labor and birth". 1  This defi

By Marie Farver RN, IBCLC October 28, 2025 Hey mama! If you're like most new parents, you've probably worried at some point about whether you're making enough milk. Don't worry, that's totally normal! With so much information (and misinformation!) out there, it’s easy to get confused. But guess what? Making breast milk is a beautifully simple, demand-and-supply system, and once you understand the amazing Breast Milk Feedback Cycle , you’ll feel so much more confident! Forget

As women of faith, let us approach everything we do in faith A wise man once said that there are two lifestyles: worldliness or godliness. That is, living by faith or living by sight. Living in fear of man or living in fear of God. When we live in fear of God, we live in his will by his power with an awareness of him. Making decisions based on self rather than the good of the child is the antithesis of motherhood. We are to love, that is lay down our life, then we experience