My First Birth Experience: What I Wish I Had Known

Gina B., Illinois It’s almost embarrassing to look back at my first birth experience and see how unprepared I was for what was the most important event in my life up to that point. Since then, I’ve heard… Read More

We Need Your Help!

As we start the new year, New Beginnings would like to extend an invitation to you to join our family of contributors. Year after year, we welcome parents who are eager to share their experiences with other parents… Read More

2021: Voices From New Beginnings

Editor’s Note: As the year draws to a close, New Beginnings is using this final week of the year to take a look back at just a sampling of the stories that were shared by parents throughout the United… Read More

Looking Back: A Baby’s Needs

Clare Vettar, Kentucky Published in the January-February 1983 issue of La Leche League News (originally from the Kentucky LLL newsletter, Bluegrass Babes). The first issue of La Leche League News, the bimonthly publication for members, was published in 1958. The… Read More

The Joy of Slow Cooking

Lesley Robinson Originally published in New Beginnings Issue 1, 2010 Editor’s Note: Some of my favorite food memories from childhood involve coming home to the delicious smells of a meal left cooking in the oven while my family… Read More