There are times when being on call (the only part I don’t like about being a doula) gets tiresome. Never being able to commit to things. Needing to be free to leave at any given moment for a birth. But as soon as I am at a birth, I remember why. It is such a […]
Because I love goals so much per my post yesterday – One of my readers told me last week about her Project 52 – Setting 52 goals for this year. I thought I could incorporate it into my 52 Weeks of Organizing post. I figured even if I just had the goals to do the
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I am a big believer in the power of setting goals – I just reviewed my Birth goals from 2010 to see which ones I met. Some of my discoveries were a little freaky! 2010 Birth Goals Completed – Write E-Book by March – yes and over 2000 people have downloaded it. 🙂 Update both
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I am excited to participate in another Birth Blog Carnival. This one from Giving Birth with Confidence, where we get to report how we incorporate the Healthy Birth Practices into our birthing support for moms. My favorite one is: Let Labor Begin on It’s Own! It is no surprise to me that this is the
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Sponsored by Tomoson.com I got the opportunity to review a tag*a*long. This is a simple tool that allows a child to hold onto a stroller or shopping cart without the risk of running over their toes. I only wish I had gotten it 2 days earlier! We went to Sea World and had the cousins
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I forwarded my Old Enjoy Birth Blog enjoybirth.wordpress.com to the new blog. So if you had subscribed to my old blog and then subscribed to my new blog when I changed over back in August, you may be seeing double posts in your reader or e-mails. You can unsubscribe to one of the blogs –
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It is interesting how short my entries become and how they start to spread out. There is a lot less time to write when you have a baby to take care of all day. It is much more fun to take care of my baby! 1/18/98 Grandma, Jorgeen and Adam came to visit today. It
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1/16/98 He weighs 4 pounds 10 oz. He is growing nicely. Dr. E says I should just breastfeed him for a week and come back in for a weight check. (I am so thrilled she suggested this, it seemed like cold turkey after supplementing him, but I did it and he did fine! I can
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1/15/98 Very special day. T1’ss first full day at home and Rob’s 30th birthday! Last night I was exhausted by 11 PM I went to bed and mom fed him a bottle of breast milk at midnight. He spit-up a lot of it. I breastfed him at 3am and again at 5am. I woke him
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1/14/1998 I really miss my baby! My mom made me laugh yesterday and my incision is bleeding a little bit now. Nurse was not ready for us so he didn’t start to eat until 9:30. So Mom and I are going back at 12:30 because he moves back to St. Jo’s in the afternoon. Mom
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I find that taking before and after pictures really motivates me. Knowing I get to share my success with my blog helps too. If any of you guys are doing this challenge, let me know so I can see what you are doing! I asked for a Charging Station from Pottery Barn 2 years ago.
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1/13/98 Fed T1 at 9am. He prefers the right side. My left nipple is a little funny. When he comes home and we go to the breastfeeding clinic we will have them check it out. (Looking back now, I think all my boys preferred the right side. Maybe my left side is not as tasty?
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1/12/98 Diane is day nurse and is excellent! Long day! We went in at 9AM. He had already eaten, so I just held him. He was very alert! We mentioned breastfeeding to the nurse. So when we came back at 12 the screen was all set up. She helped get him latched on. He does
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1/11/98 Went and did 9 AM feeding. Nurse was running behind so he was ready to be fed at 9:30. He was very alert. He stayed awake through more than half of his feeding. He LOOKED at me. It was so precious. (I remember this very vividly even 13 years later. It was the first
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11/10/98 This morning we have our mother assessment. We will go to feed T1 first. He threw up his 3 am feeding, but did OK with his 6am feeding. Not bleeding a lot – normal? Urinate – still a little hard Breastfeeding – how often should I be pumping? Support person? Transition to breast? My
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