I did a project with glue dots that helped me organize our chores and family night. The thing with boys, is nothing is really pretty, it doesn’t really help that I am not super crafty. But the great things about glue dots is anyone can use them! As my 12 year old said, “This is […]
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Just a glimpse into my life. Upon finding a snail carcass on a plate in the kitchen, I inquired what happened. This was the response I got. “I promise the snail did NOT explode in the microwave!” Hmm, I AM glad the snail did not explode, but why did we cook it? Apparently Thing 1
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My DH and I went down to Mexico for a lovely get away without our Three Things. It was lovely. Lots of Resting and Reading and Eating. I would be happy to hang out on the beach or by the pool every day. Sadly my DH likes to have fun. So we also went on
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5:30 AM Friday We “woke up” and everyone took showers. We ate breakfast (snuck some to Lisa so she would have the energy she needed.) We met OB #2 and got a new nurse. Lisa and Ryan were ready to start some pitocin. That was started by 9:30 AM. It is upped nice and slowly
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Lisa and Ryan hired me as their doula, knowing I was heading out of town when she was 41 weeks. She picked Alison as her back up doula, just in case she hadn’t birthed yet. She is a first time mom, so we knew it was totally possible I may miss the birth. 7 AM
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I love this blog post by Birthing Beautiful Ideas where she shares ways you can find a low cost doula! I know that I did my first 3 births for free and then I did quite a few low cost births, before I started charging full price. It was a great way for me to
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I have a large lettering www.EnjoyBirth.com on the back of my van. My oldest son, Thing 1 does not exactly love that. About 3 years ago (when he was 9) he made up this scenario: Destroy Birth with Hippo-Babies. We let a herd of hippos loose in your hospital room while you are birthing. He
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My DH and I were in Mexico to celebrate our 15th anniversary. It was wonderful. Grandma was here watching my 3 Things. I was sad to see that while I was gone I missed a rally to support Dr. Biter. Here is a recap via Rixa. Honestly I haven’t read it all. I have tons
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I have to admit I felt a bit guilty after I found out Cara ended up with a cesarean. When she talked about changing care providers, I certainly said she should change if she felt like it. I even shared ideas of good care providers. But I also nodded my head when she said
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Some doulas don’t like the word client. Joni, from Mexico calls them gorditas – little round women. I often call them my moms. But it sure confuses my friends when I say, “My mom is having her baby today.” It is also confusing because I have students and clients, but they all hold the same
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So, I am an Amazon Affiliate, which is fun. If I talk about a book or product I can link to it on Amazon and I get a tiny percentage of what people buy as an Amazon credit. If you have a blog or website, you should be one too! I got an e-mail today
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I went out to lunch yesterday with a good friend and she was talking about what she was going to do in the next few years as her kids got older. She can really have time to work on things she is passionate about. We talked about what that might look like and then I
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I have a podcast episode about this now. I love the book The Five Love Languages. I think it may have saved my marriage when Thing 2 was 1 years old. So I really do love this book. It basically says there are 5 different love languages and what may make me feel loved, wouldn’t
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Here are my 3 different experiences using EFT at births. 1. I went to my first birth as a doula at St. Joseph’s hospital. This is the hospital where I had my first baby, an emergency cesarean at 34 weeks and he spent 12 days in the NICU. I hadn’t been back to the hospital
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Ok, it was AMAZING. Really Trust Birth 2008 was life changing, I remember driving home and pondering all I had learned and thinking, how will I apply this in my life? I was then wondering, should I be a midwife? After a few months of praying, pondering I realized, that isn’t the path I needed
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