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February 12, 2013
There's a lot of debate over birth experience...from natural birth advocates, to the moms who schedule their cesareans. I think that pregnancy and the birth experience prepares us for parenting. Teaching us to listen to our bodies, and therefore hopefully learning to l...
January 23, 2013
You may think that this is going to be a post about practicing your breathing and relaxation techniques and the birth positions that you've learned, and making sure that your baby is in the proper position for birth (which is head down, baby's back facing outward and s...
January 17, 2013
I haven't blogged about my miscarriage in awhile, and I didn't plan on it either. I thought that I am really doing fine, little blips on the radar, here and there, but nothing too dramatic. And besides, does anyone really want to hear about my pain anymore? Everyone...
November 21, 2012
If you are pregnant, I'm sure you've thought about whether or not you would want an epidural during labor. Once your ever-growing bump gets to be quite a size, and it's evident that there IS definitely a baby in there that is going to have to come out somehow, you star...
November 17, 2012
My mom gave me a copy of this years ago, and I was just going through some papers and thought that I'd share :)
21 Memos from your child
1. Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all that I ask for. I'm only testing you.
2. Don't be afraid to be...
November 3, 2012
So it has been a month. A month since I can call myself a miscarriage survivor. About every other day, at the very least, someone asks me how I am doing. My standard answer is that I am fine. That is the truth, the short version, but the honest truth. I am for the mos...
October 17, 2012
As I've travelled this path, making this journey, I've not only been delving into depths of myself but also I've seen sides of people that I probably would've never seen if it weren't for my miscarriage. Taking a step back for a moment, I am able to see that th...
October 13, 2012
So I'm throwing in a bonus post here, one that I didn't originally plan on writing. I had a breakthrough last night that I have to share. I have been struggling with something these past several days, wondering why the sorrow that I feel is somewhat different than wha...
October 11, 2012
So I’ve been a bad blogger, a bad FB page administrator. I haven’t posted
much on FB in the last month and I haven’t posted a blog since before the
summer....
Well this summer kicked my butt. With all 5 boys at home, and no one wanting
to do any camps or anything, I...
June 25, 2012
So every pregnant mom knows what a cervical check is, but in case there is anyone out there in the veiwing audience that does not, it is a procedure done during labor by a practitioner (the mom's OB, Midwife or L&D nurse) to check cervical dilation. During the first st...
February 12, 2013