Resources & Blog for families living abroad
Menopause, and Perimenopause 101
Having spent the past decade involved in maternal health education, I have seen how much misinformation there is out there regarding this stage of women’s health, a passage about which people actually CARE and invest. I began to wonder how much misinformation is out there regarding the next stage of our lives, which people DO […]
Expecting Covid ~ A Documentary Film
Expecting Covid Who: 39-week-pregnant-filmmaker Emily Railsback and video journalist Pierre Kattar are co-directing Expecting Covid, a documentary film about pregnancy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Emily began making video diaries as a way to cope with all the new restrictions and unknown fears related to her impending due date in a hospital that might soon be overrun by […]
Home Birth in the Time of Coronavirus
By Karin DeLucia, Midwife, and Kiersten Pilar Miller As we have frequently said over the past few weeks, we are living in strange times. Many things we have taken for granted have been taken away from us, and many of our beliefs have been tested. Home births are a choice we have always fully supported but […]
Breastfeeding Newborns in the Time of Coronavirus
WHO Interim Guidelines on Caring for Breastfeeding Mothers and Their Newborns in the Time of Coronavirus The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published interim guidance on caring for breastfeeding mothers and their newborns in the time of COVID-19. There is currently little research available on COVID-19 in pregnant women and children, but according to WHO […]
