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Father Having Hard Time Accepting Changes from New Baby

I'm the dad, not the mom. I've posted questions before somewhat related to this but wanted to get some fresh perspectives... We just had our third baby boy 2+ months ago. He was a planned birth but didn't arrive until 7 years after his next oldest brother (his oldest brother is 10). After a M/C 3-4 years ago, we decided that we'd just give it a few more years to see if it happened naturally and were about to stop trying when she became pregnant. We were both pleasantly surprised. Since his birth, I've been having a hard time...

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Looking for a Pro-natural Ob Who's Not Extreme "organic"--First Pregnancy, Help!

We just found out we're pregnant--Surprise!!! But we're excited, even if clueless. I was raised by a chiropractor so I'm pro-natural foods and things, but I'm definitely not an organic nut--I don't do extremes. I'm hoping someone can give me recommendations on Provo/Orem (Blue Cross/Blue Shield) ob's that are, well, gently natural, I guess. I don't know my call on natural birth yet, but I don't want someone who's first response to everything is going to be invasive. If there's an herb that'll do the trick, I'd rather take that than a...