Tomorrow is the first day of our Preschool Co-op!
During the school year, a friend of mine does a "music time" for young children and their moms on Wednesday mornings. She has instruments and cute paper cut outs that go along with the songs. It is...
View ArticleTempering Extremism in the Natural Birth Community
The online world of natural childbirth is often heavily influenced by extremism. People claiming things like "Birth is safe. Interventions are risky" sometimes leads women to believe that as long as...
View ArticleTo staceyjw: Reply-Turned-Post
staceyjw left a comment on a post I previously had a link to in my list of "favorite posts" in my sidebar, which prior to receiving this comment, I hadn't updated in a very long time. I have now...
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Armchair Quarterbacks
Ok, I'm not talking exactly talking about that kind of "armchair quaterback," but with it being football season, it seems appropriate. I recently stayed up late to watch a birth that took place a The...
View ArticleCan Hypnosis Increase Your Chances of Having an Uncomplicated Birth?
The Hypnobabies (Official) facebook page recently shared a research study published in April 2004 in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. I think the findings of the study were very interesting,...
View ArticlePregnancy Update: 29 weeks!
I haven't been keeping you posted on my pregnancy! This pregnancy is going by SO fast! It has been a bit tough for me, emotionally. I have been a bit overwhelmed about the idea of three children so...
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Preschool Co-op Lessons: The Farm
I recently taught for my daughter's co-op preschool for the fist time. We have five kids in the class, and we rotate it to each mom's home each week, so when it was my turn, I taught two lessons. Here...
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Preschool Co-op Lessons: Trees and Plants
On Thursday of my first week teaching preschool, our theme was trees and plants. I only had three in my class that day because one was out of town and one was sick. After doing puzzles and block and...
View ArticleComparison of Midwifery Education in Different Developed Countries
A couple of months ago, Amber at Midwife{ology} wrote a post, Educational Standards of American Midwives: A Comparison, which compared the direct-entry midwifery education program she left to the...
View ArticleRaise Your Hand if You Have Prenatal Depression
I do. Or I think I did, anyway. I think it is gone now. And now I think I can finally talk about it.Prenatal depression (also known as antenatal or antepartum depression) is the term for depression...
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Preschool Co-op Lessons: Pumpkins
I taught for my daughter's preschool again. We lost one of the families in the co-op because they moved across town. We found a new family to join, but at the time I taught, we only had 4 kids in the...
View ArticlePregnancy Update: 36 weeks!
I really have been in denial about this baby coming! Two nights ago, I had some serious feeling pre-birth pressure waves (Hypnobabies lingo for false labor), and I think that made me finally start to...
View ArticlePregnancy Update: 38 weeks
Yep, still pregnant! I apologize for my absence. I have been busy, and I also haven't had the laptop I usually use, and have been accessing the Internet from either my phone or the iPad, both of which...
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Its a Girl!
Baby Girl born at home in the water at 8:39 pm on 12/8/11, 39 hours after my water broke. 6 lbs 11oz, 20 inches.
View ArticleBetween Worlds: A Birth Story, Part 1
At about 5:00 am on Wednesday, December 7, I woke up to a leaking sensation. It felt like a period, or rather, it felt just like when I leaked amniotic fluid before my first birth. I got up and put on...
View ArticleBetween Worlds: A Birth Story, Part 2
Thrilled and terrified at the same time, I woke my husband up in a panic and told him I needed his help to handle these waves. I texted my midwife and she said to let her know when they had been...
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Between Worlds: A Birth Story, Part 3
When we left me, I was kneeling on the bathroom floor brushing my teeth. I was still needing to find a comfortable position. We tried putting a stack of pillows on the floor so I could kneel leaning...
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144 Capsules of Awesome (or, What I Did With My Placenta)
This post contains "graphic" images of a human placenta, as well as discussion of the ingestion of placenta. If you don't want to read about these things, then don't read it. If you still choose to...
View ArticleThe Trap of Idealizing the Quiet Birther (Part 3)
Last April, I wrote a short Birth Idealization Traps series. I would actually like to continue that series now, with some new perspective on The Trap of Idealizing the Quiet Birther (Click to read...
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Five Things I Want my Daughters to Know Before They Grow Up
Before my daughters start puberty, I want to have taught them an understanding of these five truths.1. Your Body is Awesome, and Will Change In Ways That Give it Power to Do Even More Awesome ThingsI...
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