Nothing drives parents to distraction quite like watching their kids fight. I know it does my head in! Normally when my kids start blueing it's over something that to me, appears completely ridiculous, and it escalates into a major tit for tat blow out rapidly. Here's a few tips for dealing with it that I've heard when talking to other mothers recently.

Birth trauma means different things to different people, which makes it difficult to define. This is a short introductory article explaining what birth trauma is.

Expecting to be treated with dignity and respect, and expecting to be at the helm of decisions and to be given adequate information on which to base decision making is not having expectations that are too high, not unless those expectations are also too great for a cancer patient as well.

Here are some children’s accounts of witnessing their mother give birth. Perhaps your children have already seen you give birth, or perhaps this segment will help you decide once and for all to include your children in your birth plans, and make your birth a family event rather than a medical one.