Bedrest Moms!
Here is a great resources for you! Visit Mamas on Bedrest! As a mom who has been on bedrest for 9 weeks with her first pregnancy, I know first hand how hard it can be!
September 2010
Types of Topics You Want to Read
Wondering Wednesday: What do you think about the non-birth posts I have had lately? I have been having some non-birth related posts lately. I am enjoying the blog challenges from Twitter Mom and it has allowed me to win quite a few cool things, like the Fracture Frame (read review from Sunday) I do have
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Why I Decided to go with a Doula
GUEST POST! There are so many great reasons to hire a doula but when you actually get pregnant, you can’t stop thinking of reasons to have this angel with you along the way. For my Husband Yep, I was actually more concerned about my husband and what he would do during labor and delivery than
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Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God
I love this short video looking at how as a Mother we are partnering with God and He will support us as we raise our kids. I know that I depend on God every step of the way with little and big decisions. I am in the midst of one right now, regarding T2 and
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Mom rejects the "Big Baby" card and changes care providers
Thanks for the support. My walk to whole foods did not end in labor, perhaps because I took a cab back to work from there:) I did, however, manage a last minute switch to the midwivery practice in the same OB’s office. The midwives deliver their own patients in the hospital where the OBs are on
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My Review of Fracture Picture “frames”
When I first saw Fracture I thought it was just that they printed your picture onto the glass, but you still had to buy a frame to put it in. But NO!!! It is more wonderful than that. You actually HANG the whole thing up. It mounts directly to your wall. So you save lots
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Breastmilk Protects Babies so Why Aren’t We More Supportive?
There was a great article in the New York Times about Breast Milk Sugars Give Infants a Protective Coat It looks at different properties in breastmilk. “We were astonished that milk had so much material that the infant couldn’t digest,” Dr. German said. “Finding that it selectively stimulates the growth of specific bacteria, which are
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Quit the Kegels?
I know that we women are told over and over, Do Your Kegels! Are Kegels really the magic pill to help preserve our bladder control/prepare for birth? Well, I came across this post Pelvic Floor Party: Kegels are NOT invited. Which blows that theory out of the water. She throws out the idea that squatting
My Interest in EFT part 2
Now you know how I got interested in energy healing. Does Energy Work fit into Christianity? I wanted to see how it fit into my Christian Beliefs. I found a book called Remembering Wholeness, which helped me realize energy work was a tool that God has given to us to help us in our lives.
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Vote for My Blog!
I am happy to be nominated in the OC Just Spotted Best Local Blogs contest. I am in the first category, Personal and Family Blogs. I would love it if you would come and vote for me! Click here to see all the entries and there will be a link there to click to vote.
Wondering Wednesday: How did I get interested in EFT?
My oldest son, Thing 1 and I had a traumatic pregnancy and birth. (For both of us) I was on bed rest from 25 weeks trying to keep him in; I had preterm labor, so I was fairly stressed out. Then he was born by emergency cesarean at 34 weeks due to fetal distress. (I
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Changing Birth One Woman at a Time
So Thing 1 went to a birthday party today. His 12 year old friend was saying: Your mom “hypnotizes” people. “You are getting sleepy” while acting like swinging a watch. “Your baby will be born easily.” Hmm, maybe when this 12 year old boy is a man and has a pregnant wife, he will remember
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Share your experience of the power of words during your birth!
Hi Everyone, First of all, just a reminder that Kerry and Carole are speaking at the “Uniting for the Future of Birth” Mega Conference in Milwaukee in early October! http://www.futureofbirthconference.org/ Our session is called, The Transformative Language of Birth and will allow us to teach birth professionals how to alter their thinking and use positive
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Thing 2 turned Ten – why wasn’t his birth memorable?
It was a major milestone for me when Thing 1 turned ten. I found myself very reflective about his birth and how it effected me and him. Thing 2 turned ten yesterday and it was just a fun celebration. I was thinking about that and wondered why his birth wasn’t really in my thoughts at
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Sad truth about cesareans
photo credit: SantaRosa OLD SKOOL The New York Times had an article his week: Majority of Cesareans done before labor It looked at a study by Dr. Zhang. Dr. Zhang was surprised that 1/3 of first time moms were having cesareans. It has been thought that one reason the cesarean rate was so high was
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