With our due dates creeping closer, Alison and I have been trying to mentally prepare ourselves for the “big day”, whenever that maybe. Now that we’re no longer novices or I guess I should say, not as naive as the first time around, we’re staying cautiously optimistic. We’ve got our ideal birth played out in [...]
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Birth Perspectives: Kate’s story
May 25, 2011Birth Perspectives
April 22, 2011As I mentioned in the last post on birth, both Alison and I are trying our best to surround ourselves with encouraging but real birth stories. Research shows that the more support women receive during labor, the more satisfied they are with their birth experience. With this in mind we’d like to share with you [...]
Birth: Keeping the Stories Positive & Real
April 1, 2011As I mentioned last week, birth has been on our minds more than usual. I’m always thrilled to stumble upon a mom who has a wonderful birth story to share. It seems that more often than not we hear the horror stories or the worst parts of giving birth. When I was pregnant with Caroline [...]
Expressing Motherhood
July 8, 2010Charlotte entered this world 18 months ago and yet it seems like yesterday that I delivered her 6 weeks early. She is talking in sentences, running around our apartment and singing some of her favorite songs (row, row, row your boat) but some nights when I put her to sleep I can still remember how [...]