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Please visit The Patch  to read my post about answering the question “Where do Babies Come From, Mommy?”

I love this question! How do you answer the question, “Where do babies come from?” when your child asks? I must confess that I am a “birth junkie,” as a childbirth educator and doula*, my career has evolved into all-things-baby. As a parent, it’s important to answer the tough question of where babies come from in a factual and age appropriate way.  The discussion of conception and birth shouldn’t be a one-time-only talk, but instead a conversation that begins basic and young which grows and builds as your children grow, too.  Read More

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