Moriel Zacks After my oldest son was born in what was considered a 'natural birth', I had a lot of fear and self doubt concerning birthing again. When I was pregnant with my second, I found HypnoBirthing. I practiced and prepared myself for my birth. I felt like I had discovered the truth about my birthing abilities. That was an incredible birth, exhilirating, relaxing, and empowering. It was a gift that I felt every woman deserved. I had the wonderful fortune of studying the

Rachel Elbaum The other night, my husband and I went out on a long-overdue date. “How were the kids?” we asked our au pair when we walked in. “They were fine, but I thought that you should know that long after Eli was supposed to be in bed asleep, I found him sitting at the computer and watching videos on YouTube,” she told us. “Maybe you should think about putting a password on the computer.” My husband and I looked and each other and sighed. The amount of screen time our ki

By Rebecca Ash I’m so much wiser now. As a bride I began to believe that it really would be the most important day of my life and money really shouldn’t be an issue. Our wedding did end up wonderful and memorable, but it’s dimmed by the day I became a mother. When I found out I was pregnant, there would be nothing I would compromise on when it comes to the health and well-being of my son? I wanted him to have the best of everything, and what exactly is the best? A natural bi

Once, while living in Germany, I had a horrific pain on my tail bone. There’s no neater way to couch this: it was an abscess. A boil, if you will. And it was so painful that I couldn’t walk, couldn’t sit, and could hardly sleep. I’ll spare you the gory and frankly disgusting details, but after I was finally taken care of at the hospital and asked for something to help heal the area, the doctor told me to take a sitzbad (sitz bath in English) in Chamomile. Chamomile? I had vis