I have been neglecting my blog a bit the last few months. It is funny how I thought once T3 was in 1st grade I would have all this extra time. I guess getting called as 1st counselor in Relief Society (my church’s women’s organization) put a kink in those plans. I am hoping that […]
Five Things for Friday Read More »
It has been a busy and exciting few weeks. With T2 starting competition season with his Musical Theater group we have been traveling for that and that makes everything more exciting. I am so glad we went skiing over Christmas or we would be on our way home from our ski trip now. I needed
We almost moved to Utah! Read More »
My boys were little before we had portable DVD players, so when we did road trips we listened to books on tape. We actually still do that, though we take movie breaks sometimes during long trips (meaning over 2 hours). It can be a challenge to find really good quality stories to listen to, that
Sparkle Stories – GREAT if you have little kids Read More »
Thank you Wendy for sharing your birth story with me and my readers! It was such an honor to be there. When I think of Westleys birth I am filled with love, and the spirit. It was exactly how I imagined it would be. Four short hours of pain free birth. I was woken up
Westley’s birth – Filled with love and the spirit Read More »
I was pondering on 2012. 9 months were good. Busy with the boys and my “birth business”. Personal growth, friends, church callings, DH. Busy but good. I attended a few births. Some were pretty amazing and I still need to blog about some. I also taught a lot of great couples. Three months were pretty
2012 in Review – Positive attitude and faith make tough months good Read More »
15 years ago today doing kick counts saved the life of my baby. Thing 1 was born at 34 weeks because I noticed he wasn’t moving and when I went in to get things checked out, they found he was under distress. Less than an hour later my sweet baby was born via emergency cesarean.
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Finally after over 2 years of planning and hoping, I have the Know Your Birth Options Online Class Series up and running. After taking this session, I had a Dad comment, “I thought it was just epidural, or no epidural.” You have a LOT of choices when it comes to your birth. Each segment you
Know Your Options Online Class is LIVE! Discounted Price for first 20 students. Read More »
Gift Giving Simplified 4 Types of Gifts Can Guide You this Season Part of the problem for me regarding gifts, is I keep finding more and more things that my boys would like. They are also giving me more and more ideas. So I always overbuy. I love the idea of getting 4 types
Holiday Gift Giving Simplified and a Free Gift for you! Read More »
When you drive around with www.enjoybirth.com on the back of your van you get a lot of questions about what you do! So I get to talk about being a birth doula to people every day. In todays podcast I explain what a birth doula does and why you should take the time to learn
What is a Doula? [Podcast 002] Read More »
Wendy was visualizing her birth with just her and her hubby in the birth tub in the backyard and she pushes out the baby alone with the midwife coming right after the baby is born. Angela was her doula, but she asked me to come (with Wendy’s approval) as Angela was 9 months pregnant herself.
I never made it to the Ricki Lake Show – I went to the most amazing birth instead. Read More »
I am so excited to say that the book I co-authored The Gift of Giving Life is doing great. We have sold close to 1000 copies in only 8 months. We really want to get the word out to the world that birth can be a spiritual experience. So for the holidays we have created
33% off The Gift of Giving Life – Perfect Holiday Gift Read More »
The following are excerpts from my journal Saturday-Sunday – warning loss mentioned. Here are the previous posts to catch up: Surprise I got Pregnant Adjusting to the idea but worried too Definitely a Miscarriage Saturday – Finding comfort in our book still bleeding pretty steadily. Cramping has gone down. Spent the morning taking T2 to
Grateful for Miscarriage Stories in The Gift of Giving Life Read More »
The following are excerpts from my journal Thursday-Friday – warning loss mentioned. Thursday – Attend and amazing birth Up at 5:45. I am going to the Rikki Lake show with Angela today. I woke up to some bright blood. Hopefully it will slow to spotting again. Today is packed, but maybe tomorrow I will call
Definitely a Miscarriage – Thursday through Friday Journal Read More »
The following are excerpts from my journal Monday-Wednesday – warning loss mentioned. Rob didn’t want to tell anyone I was pregnant, but I knew I had to tell Angela and Valerie. They were the ones that inspired me to do this. I was planning on telling them Wednesday night, as we had a girls night
Adjusting to the idea – but nervous too Read More »
I have been on quite the journey… My “baby” Thing turned 7 years old last month. I have been struggling for years as to whether or not we were “done”. I love babies and would have more, but DH wasn’t really interested in having another baby. I didn’t “feel” a baby waiting, so I didn’t
Surprise, I got pregnant! Read More »
