I think that many people who are ready to become parents know that life will change drastically when that little person (or persons) arrives on the scene. I am guessing that a woman realizes it very soon into pregnancy, as her body begins to change and respond to carrying her baby. Upon visiting a doctor […]
During my first pregnancy, I lived on a truck route.
My pregnancy manual, the ubiquitous and sometimes disturbing What to Expect When You’re Expecting, said that unless I was living in a bus terminal or a tollbooth, “breathing in the big city…isn’t as risky as you might think…. Even in the 1960s, when pollution was at […]
This week as I read, I was filled with emotion: Anger. Frustration. Sadness. Hope.
“Sap Moon,” the third chapter of Having Faith, brings us case histories of four prenatal harms: rubella, thalidomide, methylmercury, and DES. Steingraber moves through each of these tragedies, telling us the stories of the people who were there and pulling out common […]
I must admit that I think it a bit ironic that the maiden book discussion here at RCB is about a journey to birth. This has been a dream of my husband’s for a while, but I never thought I would be leading the first discussion!
I first began reading Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to […]
Kriss over at Circle M Farm suggested Having Faith after reading author Sandra Steingraber’s earlier book, Living Downstream. We’ll be reading it together beginning in January, 2008, with Nicole Five Pennies as our host.
So go look up Kris’ wonderful invitation to read together, get your copy (the little blue box by the title will let […]
