Knowledge is Power (Why every pregnant woman needs to read this blog) I wish I’d discovered Enjoy Birth 2 years ago instead of 2 months ago. Why? Because during childbirth, women need as much power as they can get. My Story Birth no.1, a 20 hour water birth in a midwife led birthing centre in […]
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BIRTH Mom walks out of hospital while in early labor with twins, when threatened with unnecessary cesarean. She goes on to have lovely vaginal birth with supportive OB. I recently shared my thoughts on my very different 3 births. Here is a post from another mom reflecting on her three births. Found a new Birth
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I love Elizabeth Pantley’s Books. Here is an excerpt from the The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems (Pantley) From the moment your child wakes in the morning he is slowly using up the benefits of the previous night’s sleep. He wakes up totally refreshed, but as the hours
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Thing 2 was talking to me about hypnosis and that it was cool. I said, “You are getting sleepy, you want to clean your room.” as I pretended to wave a watch in front of his face. He said, “Not THAT kind of hypnosis mom, the kind that helps people become better.” Apparently having a
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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!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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.
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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