Auteur: Amanda French

Dana Rousmaniere is a writer, editor, and author who has written for print and online publications, including Good Housekeeping, Healthy Living, Living Fit, Women’s Health, The Atlantic Monthly Online, Babble.com, Cafe Mom.com, and more. She was managing editor of Fit Pregnancy magazine online for many years, and has also held positions as senior producer at Lifetime Television Online and new media editor for Hearst Publishing. Her Fit Pregnancy blog, The Charlie Chronicles, was a finalist for the 2007 Maggie Awards for Best Regularly Featured Web Column. She is also the author of North Shore Baby, a field guide for Boston-area parents. Dana delivered two of her babies in hospital deliveries with epidurals, and delivered her third child – a 10.5 pound baby! – in a drug-free water birth. She lives with her husband and three children on Boston's North Shore.