You’re Ready for Baby When…
You know you’re ready for baby when… Even your maternity clothes no longer fit. You spend more time at night peeing than sleeping Your belly-button fully pops (for the first time in 4 full-term...
View ArticleSigns of Labor
My body’s been giving me some pretty intense prodromal labor for a few nights after less intense for a few weeks (aka: lots of regular contractions that don’t give me a baby!) So I decided to pull out...
View ArticleToday I Heard it All!
I had to run around a little bit this morning. After a week of putting things off, there was just stuff to get done for a variety of reasons: 1) There is a tropical storm heading our way and...
View ArticleBirth Statistics vs. Myths
While we STILL wait for baby to decide to join us on the outside, I’ve had lots of free time to look for signs that s/he may be coming (okay, maybe not lots since I do have three other kids to...Read...
View ArticleThe Stress of Waiting for #4
It’s been a rough past few weeks. Physically, every day gets tougher for me as baby gets bigger and my body gets more tired. I’ve spent the past 24 hours with baby squashing every nerve I own in my...
View ArticleWhy Waiting for Baby is the Worst
The last time I saw my due date was with my firstborn. She entered our world after an unwanted induction at 41 weeks, 2 days. My last two were sweet enough to arrive before their official due date...
View ArticleMommy Belly Painting
When I was pregnant with Sugarplum, I had another friend pregnant with her second as well. Her eldest is now in middle school but I vividly remember my dear friend’s profile picture from that time of...
View ArticleMeet Pipsqueak
When we discovered a full nine months ago that we were unexpectedly expecting baby #4, we should have been known the surprises wouldn’t stop there! This baby has amazed us at every turn, so different...
View ArticleA Birthing Timeline
Everyone loves a good birth story and I’ve spent the past week contemplating Pipsqueak’s birth and how best to share it. My previous births were easy to tell, fraught with anguish and inner drama,...
View ArticleMy Birth Doesn’t Make Me Better
When we welcomed Pipsqueak ten days ago and I announced it to my family and friends, on the blog and across social media, I was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love we received. And I got even more...
View ArticlePassing the Time During Early Labor
For some women, labor goes from nothing to everything in a very short time. But unfortunately for many, early labor can last hours or even days. Early labor is generally considered being less than 4...
View ArticleFun Facts About Postpartum Recovery
When I had Honeybun over 7 years ago, no one really talked about what would happen AFTER the baby was here. I was discharged from the hospital with a newborn, the words “take your pain meds and call...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind the C-Section Rate
It’s no secret that the national c-section rate is hovering somewhere near 1/3 of all births. And most people will probably agree that the rate is way too high. The World Health Organization believes...
View ArticleA Labor Storm
Labor is a strange and intense experience. All of four of mine have been wildly different but what makes the recent birth of Pipsqueak most unique was my strong desire to write during my labor. When...
View ArticleA Hurricane Baby, Yay?
Three out of four of my babies were born during hurricane season and each one came with the real fear of a hurricane baby. Despite my hurricane fears with my first, her arrival was sandwiched between...
View ArticleReasons NOT to Find out the Gender of Your Baby
One of the first decisions to be made on the parenting journey is whether or not to find out the gender of the baby growing inside mommy’s belly. Though there is no shortage of opinions and reasons for...
View ArticleReasons Choosing a Midwife Might Be Right For You
When I became pregnant for the first time, I was newly married and newly relocated to South Florida. I had found an OB I liked but learned after an extended hospital stay for pneumonia that I’d have to...
View ArticleMeet Pipsqueak
When we discovered a full nine months ago that we were unexpectedly expecting baby #4, we should have been known the surprises wouldn’t stop there! This baby has amazed us at every turn, so different...
View ArticleA Birthing Timeline
Everyone loves a good birth story and I’ve spent the past week contemplating Pipsqueak’s birth and how best to share it. My previous births were easy to tell, fraught with anguish and inner drama,...
View ArticleMy Birth Doesn’t Make Me Better
When we welcomed Pipsqueak ten days ago and I announced it to my family and friends, on the blog and across social media, I was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love we received. And I got even more...
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