Danielle Stracci
Danielle is a certified midwife and, as of April 2013, a new mama. She resides in New Fairfield with her husband Joe, her daughter Luna, and their two cats, Bukowski and Wallace. In her free time, she can usually be found crafting, gardening, or baking. She has been advised to form a support group to help battle her addiction to Mason Jars.
Cervical Cancer Screening & You
January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month. Did you know that in the United States, 12,000 women get cervical cancer? Cervical cancer is caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually...
Mom Superpowers
When I was a little girl, I swore that my mother had "mom superpowers." The first of which was that her hands could tolerate any temperature of water. Another was that she knew where...
The Mother I Have Become
As I looked through the drawers, packed tightly with odds and ends, I came across buttons, spools of thread, pins, jewelry, notepads, envelopes, and a hodgepodge of other things. My school ties were a...
Little Bites: A Review
My daughter, Luna, started solids on October 1st. She was a week shy of six months old, and all the signs were there that it was time for her to start adding solids into...
A Constant Quest: Homemade Baby Wipes
I am always on a constant quest for new ways to eliminate products from my life. I'm a huge fan of having a few basic ingredients around the house that are all-purpose, inexpensive, and...
A Bizarre Intestinal Parasite
As a new mother, there are so many things that I am now conscious of that five months ago I would not have even thought twice about.
I'm talking about everything from choosing a daycare...
My New Favorite Part of the Day
A midwife's scope of practice encompasses prenatal care, gynecological care, primary care, intrapartal care (labor and birth), and postpartum care. While all of these areas have redeeming qualities, any midwife will tell you that...
The Time I Spent Getting There
Intro (The Barn Doors)
The Great Danbury Fair was an agricultural fair that began in Danbury in 1869 and ran yearly until 1981. The Danbury Fair Mall was built on the grounds in 1986...
A Midwife Becoming A Mama: Meet Danielle
I spent my summers in New Fairfield, Connecticut, on Candlewood Lake with my cousins when I was a child. I still remember the feeling in my stomach as we drove alongside the lake on...