I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.

Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.

My first son didn't really take a bottle, and I didn't like giving bottles.

The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

As a kid, I felt really weird.

I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.

Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.