Your Birth Plan Is None of My Business
Interesting things show up on my Facebook feed from time to time, often courtesy of Heather over at The Parenting Patch. She shared an article regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics' new wording regarding home births. Really, having a home birth in mind is just part ...
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Hiring a Doula – A Smart Move
There were a lot of things about my pregnancy with Eudora that didn't go as planned. Not much went according to my birth plan, either. Oh, and our coming home from the hospital was a disaster. Out of all of those fiascos, though, there's one thing that was a good move - hiri...
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Get Congratulations and Condolences
Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the announcement of her pregnancy! Welcoming a new baby is such an exciting time, full of joy and endless possibilities. I’m happy for them on what’s coming for them. A baby is just amazing.
At the same time, I ha...
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Eudora’s Birth Story – The Finale
In my last blog post, I'd left off with the news that our birth story wasn't going to be the perfect VBAC delivery. There would be no successful natural child birth through the power of the Hypnobabies Home Study course. Sure, I was in labor, but it wasn't exactly going ri...
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Eudora’s Birth Story
We'd put a lot of thought into what type of birth we'd wanted to have this time around. We'd decided on a natural birth (if possible, of course), and we'd studied the Hypnobabies Home Study course. It was important to the husband to be able to see our daughter being born, ...
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38 Weeks Pregnant and a Traumatic L&D Visit
I hate being 38 weeks pregnant. Today I am 38 weeks and 4 days, which is when I had Norton through c-section. I'm not even bothering to hope that she'll get out now. On Friday, though, I was 38 weeks pregnant on the nose. I found myself experiecing a surge of optimism th...
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38 Weeks Pregnant and Crabby
Warning: this is not a pleasant post. I hate being pregnant. I seriously do. This is my third baby, and I have not enjoyed a single pregnancy. Really, it's a necessary evil since I've yet to find an incubator that will grow my kid. Other than me, of course. So by the t...
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35 Weeks Pregnant and Crazy Dreams
I'm finding that 35 weeks pregnant is having some effects. I don't suddenly feel amazing or feel awful, but 35 weeks means that birth is getting pretty eminent. I'm actually 35 weeks and three days, so my daughter is due in 32 days. Which means that she could be here and ...
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35 Weeks Pregnant and Blissfully in Love
Amazingly enough, we hit 35 weeks pregnant yesterday. In two to five weeks, our little girl will make her arrival. Aside from that obsessive nesting need to get everything done (which is even stronger at 35 weeks pregnant than it was at 33 weeks pregnant), the husband and ...
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Some Days Being a Mom is Like Being a Pillow Pet
I love being a mom. More specifically, I love being a mom to Norton and my two pups. I'm home with them every day and we spend a lot of time playing and just snuggling. But sometimes, apparently being a mom is synonymous with being a pillow pet. You see, we have pillow p...
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