Where’s the Writing on the Wall?
I’ve gotta have a laugh at myself. You see, I spend hours and hours working with parents in my childbirth classes talking about how pregnancy, birth and parenting is a step into the unknown, and you can influence, control and plan some things but in general you can’t plan or control birth. However, I went in to my [...]
Lions and Birth Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
My head is spinning! At first I was very relieved to have a diagnosis. I was happy to have something to work with and to have a plan. However, the unknown of my future potential birth(s) seems to be looming around the peripheral of my mind. Ya’ll, I have serious birth tigers (a birth tiger is a fear [...]
10 Reasons To Not Take A Birthing From Within Childbirth Class
Birthing From Within childbirth classes aren’t for everybody. I’d be fooling myself if I thought that everybody would enjoy my classes. In my opinion, the best way to figure out if a Birthing From Within class is is a good fit is for me to tell you why you shouldn’t sign up. In no particular [...]
Your Body Is Not A Lemon
I just wanted to remind you that… “Your body is not a lemon.” ~ Ina May Gaskin “Remember this, for it is as true and true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth [...]
Morning Sickness Remedies and Cures: Part 2
As promised, the following is the conclusion to a two part series on morning sickness. If you haven’t read the first post, go ahead and read it here. My readers and friends have been so kind with all their suggestions for cures and remedies for morning sickness. Just as it takes a village to raise [...]
Morning Sickness Remedies and Cures: Part 1
When I became pregnant with Gabriel I assumed I would not get morning sickness. I think deep down I thought that if I acknowledged morning sickness as an option, I would therefore bring it upon myself and get sick. Much to my dismay, around five weeks into the pregnancy (three weeks after conception) I started [...]
Pregnancy Announcement Ideas
To tell some of our family and friends that we were expecting (back in 2008), I decided to do a fun little photo collage. I dragged my husband/daddy-to-be on our front porch and snapped some pictures. Later, I used some editing software and made the following: I think this is a really cute idea, but [...]
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