The Newborn Period – this can be an interesting phase of life for parents and baby. photo credit: chrisamichaels Strive to Be Lazy I actually mostly love the newborn stage, I think because I see it as a 6 week period where I have a good excuse to be lazy. It is OK if […]
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I am glad that Rachel did her post with her thoughts on HypnoBirthing and I was able to talk about the concerns she brought up. Hopefully with my responses you can see that Hypnobabies is a very different program than HypnoBirthing. It can be frustrating when some care providers think that all hypnosis for birth
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Last year I had what I thought would be my fastest birth, which involved me running red lights as I drove mom and dad to the hospital, because their car had been towed! The year before that I did attend a birth where I met mom and dad at the hospital and baby was born
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I think this is a small miracle and shows how if I FOCUS on one goal I can actually DO IT! I am SO excited and proud of myself. I made a menu plan! I cooked dinner for the family 5 times last week. 🙂 We ate as a family (DH was there too), at
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When we got our dining room table we loved the idea of a nice big square table. It fits the space nicely and it is lovely, when it isn’t covered with crap. Since May is our “Meal Month” I am working harder then ever to keep the table clean, so we can sit at the
My Table – How do I Conquer This Monstrosity? Read More »
After a few weeks off thanks to my crazy April and then being sick, I am back to doing the 52 week challenge! 🙂 I am proud of myself for realizing I couldn’t do it the last few weeks, but I am equally excited to get back on it. We had 2 main junk drawers.
52 Weeks Organizing – Junk Drawers. Yes, we had 2! Read More »
My favorite breastfeeding pillow has been My Brest Friend. Believe me, I have tried many different breastfeeding pillows. I think at least 5. My Brest Friend has consistently been my favorite I got one when I had Thing 1, 13 years ago. I show that pillow now in my Hypnobabies Class, so moms can try
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I read an interesting post where a L&D nurse (who I think is now a doula) shares her thoughts on HypnoBirthing. I am so happy she linked to my blog for people to get more information about hypnosis for birth. I would like to comment on some of her concerns on using hypnosis for birth.
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I always feel like this was one of my longest births, but it was partly because I was at Angela’s birth the whole night before, got a total of 5 hours sleep and then headed off to Shelly’s birth. So I was working on very little sleep. Looking back, I wasn’t even with Shelly for
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So since cinco de mayo I have been doing ok with meals. My goal this week is to follow this meal plan and DH has committed to being home by 6pm 3 nights this week so we can eat together! Monday – Meatloaf (making 3, cooking one and freezing 2 for future) Tuesday -Calzones Wednesday
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But I have been recovering from a bad cold for most of the week. Uggh, I was planning on cooking in May, but this was my week instead. Sunday – husband cooked pancakes for dinner. I did go to church and do music in primary, but at home I just read and felt icky. Monday
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I am kind of nervous too. Last summer with all the buzz about BlogHer, I set a goal to go in 2011. When I found out it was going to be in San Diego, just a skip, jump and a hop away, I bought a ticket. But I don’t know anyone else who is going.
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This is the birth story of the Birth I was Meant to be at. As a doula I am always a bit wary of inductions. You just never know how they will go, fast and easy or long and complicated. I have been to both. So I was unsure what would happen when Natalie called
Pretty Positive Induction Experience Read More »
My April was a little crazy. No week was normal. I was so glad that I had scheduled out most of my A to Z posts. That made it easy to not think much about blogging (except answering comments) Week 1 – T2 and T3 were home for spring break. We had fun (but not
Reflecting on April – Wow that flew by! Read More »
In case you are wondering what a zizz is – zizz 1. a nap; “Sheridan’s taking a short zizz” One of my favorite things about practicing Hypnobabies while pregnant with Thing 3, was taking a “nap” every day while I practiced. I get tired during the day while pregnant. Without a nap I was
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