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That’s a picture of Miss Penelope. She is almost three-and-a-half. I don’t know where time goes! Seems like just yesterday I was giving birth to her. It’s weird no longer being a postpartum mom and making the transition to having a kid and not a baby. Did you know that postpartum is technically three years long?… [read more]
As a Doula, I have seen my fair share of nervous Dads and MIL’s fervently texting updates and news of the laboring mom’s progression. And let me tell you straight, nothing is more rude or disrespectful to a laboring mom doing everything she can to just survive the pain, than the clicky-clacky of individually texting… [read more]
When we wrote our birth plan for our first baby, my husband and I were surprised to realize how many things we hadn’t thought about before. Who was going to cut the cord? Did we want our newborn wiped off or just handed directly to me for skin-to-skin contact? Did we want to circumcise? Eek!… [read more]
When I was going through my first trimester blues, I was noticing all these changes happening to my body, particularly, to my vagina. I keep thinking, “Great, not only I’m do I have one random stretch mark on my growing ass, but now I have a labia that has swollen past my panties.” Not a… [read more]
Planning a home birth takes a lot of courage, just like doing anything against social norm – it takes courage to break away from the pack. It’s not for everyone, and I do believe that a woman should birth where she feels the most safe. But my wish for women is what Becky is doing… [read more]
You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. After three days and three nights, Ninshurbur does as she was instructed and goes to Inanna’s father to plead for help. She beats the drum and contacts Inanna’s paternal grandfather, Enlil, and then Inanna’s father, but both are angry at Inanna for her actions and… [read more]
Please read Part 1 here first. Inanna begins to make her way to the Underworld, a place of magic and mystery, a vital and important force in our life and journey. The Underworld is the womb where all things grow, not the Hell of Christianity. As she arrives to the outer gates of… [read more]
When I first heard the story of Inanna at my Advanced Birthing From Within workshop from the amazing Pam England herself, it pretty much rocked my world. I still can’t really articulate well how it has changed my life. It is one of those things that you can know on a deep, internal level of… [read more]
My dear friend, Lindsey, over at Mother Rising, a super fabulous, pregnancy and birth blog, is hosting a link up carnival of birth story posts in honor of Labor Day. She also asked a couple of questions to supplement any original birth story link ups. Me being the over achiever that I am, I thought… [read more]
More newborn pictures in honor of Penelope’s 1st Birthday!
I don’t know where to even begin. I kind of feel like I am in a haze. How did a year go by? How did I get here already? I started crying yesterday when everyone was singing Happy Birthday to Penelope at Baby Time at the library, like a dork. I couldn’t help it. I… [read more]
I just got done baking my baby a cake. I have one more day of having a baby. This time last year, I was having a very lazy, relaxed day. The most I remember from that day, is taking a long walk. I remember I could hear every little noise in the woods on my… [read more]
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