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By Amy George
As I sit down to write this article, I am bleary-eyed and exhausted.
Did I run a marathon? Did I scale a mountain? Did I tackle the pile of laundry waiting for me in my closet?
No.
I celebrated my daughter’s 5th birthday.
I don’t mean the party. That’s coming in a couple of days.
I mean [...]

This has been an unusually busy year for me. Not only have I been doing all that I normally do (working with nursing moms and babies, publishing this magazine, home-schooling etc,) I also started a non-profit called Moms Nurturing Moms. We just achieved 501c3 status which means we can seek grants from foundations and accept [...]

Michele Crook, a Huntsville mom of a five month old, is attempting to turn her maternity leave into a dream opportunity. One afternoon while doing dishes, among other things, with the television on in the background, she learned of a TV show host competition. However, what Crook heard coming from the TV wasn’t [...]

By Lauren McCormick
What would you do in order to preserve hope for your child’s future? Most parents will do whatever it takes. For expectant parents, this includes the option to bank your child’s umbilical cord blood. With close to 80 diseases and disorders treatable with stem cells from a baby’s cord blood, [...]

By Loretta Gillespie
In December of 2006, Kristina and Richey Terry decided they wanted to have a baby. They were both young, healthy people, in their thirties, and Kristina had a child by a previous marriage without any problems. Nevertheless, after months of trying, they finally decided to seek help in finding out what was wrong. [...]