This book totally revamped my way of thinking about what is possible in childbirth. Until I read it; well, devoured it, really, I had a pretty fearful view of labor and delivery. Here’s how it happened, in brief. For the full story, I hope you’ll watch my book review…
I prayed for a supernatural childbirth without birth pain and that’s what happened. So come on over here and sit down with me and I’ll tell you all about it. We’ve talked about this in an earlier post, but I want to go through the specifics of how it happened…
In today’s post, I want to think with you about something that’s a bit controversial, and that is consuming your placenta. Whoa! Stick with me here! Even `tho this sounds….well…..weird, there is more here than meets the eye. Yep. I’m talking about consuming part or all of that big, bloody, blobby thing…
Today we are going to be talking about ice diapers and padsicles. Hurrah! For those of you who don’t know what ice diapers and padsicles are, let me lay it out for you. After a vaginal birth , your nether regions are going to be really sore. I didn’t know about…
I want to tell you about my experience with supernatural childbirth — two times, actually. A book changed it all for me! The Book That Changed Everything About Childbirth for Me I read through the book — I literally lapped it up. It was a pretty quick read, thankfully,…
Should you doula? Today, I want to tell you about my two great experiences with doulas during childbirth. Just What Is a Doula? For those of you who don’t know what a doula (DEW-la) is, the word “doula” was derived from a Greek term meaning handmaiden, or mother’s helper. So a…
In my earlier blog post about our accidental at home birth, I talked about giving you guys a run down on our very unexpected bathroom home birth. Today I asked Steve to give you his perspective on delivering his second daughter all by himself…..at home! So I’ll start it off with my water breaking at…
Hi, everybody. I am 39 weeks and a few days as of this writing. My due date is this coming Thursday, so I’ve got a little less than a week, thank goodness. I am SOOOO ready to have this baby. I actually had a little meltdown last night. My first…
