Thanks to Inspired Birth Pro for pointing these out. The first is from MODG posting about the Secrets Hippies Have I had to LOL because she is so funny. Here is a brief look: They were like, you know what? My husband is a lame tard and I don’t trust him at all to do […]
At the end of last school year I went through the boys old school stuff. Some of it was still in working condition. (They are boys, so they don’t love to color, so their markers were pretty pristine.) I got a copy of next years school supply list (sent out with the last day of
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I’m not talking multiple choice exams, I am talking vaginal exams. Vaginal exams during late pregnancy are optional. Yes, you heard me correctly, optional. Starting at around 36-37 weeks at every visit you will be given a gown to change into so your OB can do a vaginal exam. What is the purpose? To chart
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The New Enjoy Birth Blog was born over a week ago. It is adjusting to it’s self-hosted life. It’s Mommy (Sheridan) is worried that she has lost faithful readers because of it’s re-birth. Please sign up for the new RSS feed. It is easy: Subscribe in a Reader (like Google Reader) Subscribe in a reader
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Look into the future: It is 2035 and no one eats at home anymore. They have never seen any other family member cook at home. They aren’t sure they can learn how. Because of subsidies from the food industry eating at a restaurant is less expensive. They have gotten too busy to cook for themselves.
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Thing 1 was 4 pounds 3 ounces (born 6 weeks early, via emergency cesarean.) I had set a goal to double Thing 1’s weight with Thing 2, so I was thinking he would be 8 pound 6 ounces. I guess I am an overachiever, because he weighed 9 pound 4 ounce. I birthed him vaginally
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Something I never considered before I got pregnant was how much I would worry for the rest of my life. “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone Somehow this worrying starts before we even give
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This is part of my Wondering About Series. Feel free to e-mail any questions you are wondering about to sheridan AT enjoybirth DOT com. I want to be a doula and I’m nervous about seeing things I disagree with or that seem like unnecessary interventions happening in a hospital. How do you manage that? This
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I have been wanting to switch from WordPress.COM to a self-hosted WordPress blog for over a year now. It seemed like such a daunting task and I just didn’t have the time or energy to do it. Well the 31 Days to Better Blogging challenge I am doing, made me realize if I really want
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Hello LLL Moms and breastfeeding supporters, Help us celebrate World Breastfeeding Week at our Annual Family Picnic on Saturday, August 7. We’ve attached our Event Flier with all the info – please pass it along to all your friends, neighbors, family, moms groups, church groups and anyone you know that loves fun for the whole
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I just got an e-mail from Mama Seoul about a VBAC she attended as a doula/friend. My friend just had a Home Water Birth After Inverted T Cesarean at my house on Saturday. She listened to Hypnobabies Easy First Stage for like 35 hours and the Pushing Track for about half of her long pushing
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I love what Wonderfully Made Bellies and Babies Blog posted about being a doula. Being a doula IS amazing. It has it’s challenges (phone calls at 2 AM, being on call), but as Nicole says, I believe that a doula can help a woman to reclaim the beauty, strength, and humble respect of the rite
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Why do you need to know about Group B Strep? Group B Strep is something most expectant moms don’t think about or even know about until after they get the results of their test. If it is negative, they don’t think anymore about it, if it is positive there are a number of choices to
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I have been following this along with other SITS girls for the last 6 days. Today our challenge was to read 27 different tips and tutorials to better your blog. I actually did this on day 5, because I had some free time. These were great resources to go and check out. What a wonderful
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Sometimes moms worry that birth is harmful for their baby. You can be assured that birthing time helps your baby, because that is how things have been happening for thousands of years also science has shown that contractions help your baby prepare for life outside the womb the hormones released help increase bonding! Here is
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