Sleepless Ramblings…
It’s the Sunday night before Thanksgiving; the house is quiet as everyone is tucked into their beds and soundly sleeping…everyone except for me, that is. I tried going to bed around 11pm but for the...
View ArticleWhy Natural Childbirth? (written by Mary Blyth)
Why Natural Childbirth? By: Mary Blyth (View Profile) Over and over again, I hear pregnant women tell me that the number one question they are asked when they express their desire to birth without...
View ArticlePumped
It’s the first week of December, the holidays are around the corner, and I’m in my 36th week of my third pregnancy…there is a lot to be excited about these days. Multi-tasking has been taken to a new...
View ArticleOne Woman’s Perspective on Epidural vs. Unmedicated Birth…
Found a short video of a woman who has birthed 3 children, and each experience was different from the other. In this clip (a little over 3 minutes) she discusses her opinion on having an epidural...
View ArticleWhoa, Baby! Welcome Sophia Jewel!
Well, you may have guessed from my total blog-abandonment that I had my baby (yay!) After a fairly exhausting 13 hours of labor, I naturally birthed my beautiful baby girl into the world in the wee...
View ArticleBittersweet Moments…
Life is funny…isn’t it? I gave birth to my daughter Sophia Jewel just over 2 weeks ago. Not surprisingly, I have been consumed with busy-ness, sleepless-ness, constant breastfeeding & therefore...
View ArticleThe 4th Trimester
Some call it “the babymoon” and others refer to it as your “4th” trimester…and some mommas may not even have a name for those first few months of life with a newborn babe. It’s definitely a period of...
View ArticleKnock, Knock: Shit Happens
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been walking around feeling like the punchline to some crazy parenting joke. What do you get when you cram a family with 3 children under the age of 5 into a tiny...
View ArticleWord to the Mutha’s…
Maybe you’re a brand new mommy…maybe you’re an old hag like me….and maybe, just maybe you’re still waiting to hatch your first baby and emerge into motherhood. Either way, I want to send each of you a...
View ArticleSolstice Blessings, mOMma
Today is the first day of Summer…it is the Solstice…the longest day…magick. Mother Earth is very pregnant as her bounty grows, blooms forth, and glistens in the moist heat of the hot...
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