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Our second princess: The birth of Selah Faith
It was a cool morning in October, and I was expecting to do another home birth with my sixth baby. I hadn't found out the [...]
School of pain
They don’t call it “labor” for nothing! The moments leading up to delivery require hard, painful work. Labor is tricky to predict or even [...]
Turn left, sleep right
Sleep for two Sleeping on your left side can benefit both you and baby. Doing so improves blood flow, increasing the amount of nutrients that [...]
Exhausted expectations
Your pregnancy test comes back positive, and you feel on top of the world. But then fatigue strikes. Although you’ve likely read about it (along [...]
Week 20: For the Love of Pulled Pork
Enjoying a big juicy burger to satisfy my preggo craving! As I stand in front of the refrigerator, the coolness wafting out, [...]
Our little peanut: The birth of Lydia Simone
Peanut Watch 2013 was a very watched event! No one knew when Peanut would be coming or just what kind of peanut we would be having. [...]
What bravery really means: The birth of Aidan
The night it happened, I awoke in sudden pain. I instinctively grasped for the opposite side of the bed, but my husband, Chris, was [...]
Worth waiting for: The birth of Olwethu
Well ... I don't know where to start. But then I was 40 weeks when I decided to go to the hospital. When I [...]
All for the best: The birth story of Lucas
My pregnancy was pretty uneventful. Mild cramping in the beginning, an irritating case of PUPPs in the third trimester (and for three weeks after birth) and [...]
Bug before baby
With morning sickness, fatigue and swollen ankles, pregnancy can really throw a body off. But when nausea turns into a full-blown stomach bug or exhaustion [...]
A speedy arrival: The birth of Abigail Rose
On September 9, 2014 at 11:20 p.m. I started having contractions five minutes apart. They were different than the Braxton Hicks contractions I had [...]
My C-section experience: The birth story of David
I knew that I would, in all likelihood, be having this baby via C-section quite early in my pregnancy. By 30 weeks he was [...]
Breastfeeding and the ACA
No matter your insurance, tucked away within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a clause that is revolutionizing breastfeeding for new and expectant mothers. Now [...]
Our darling: The birth story of Poppy
It all started Saturday night (January 18) ... David and I had been doing everything we could to try to bring on labor for [...]
My natural birth: The birth of McKayla
I hadn’t dreamed of having a natural birth. My mother’s experience with my big brother and I involved constant painful contractions with no breaks. [...]
Bump into action
If you are new to the pregnancy game, your mind is likely being pulled in a million directions at once. You’re blissfully imagining a beautiful [...]
Natural inductions
Midwife Vicki Nolan Marnin reminds us that women are not machines and that a due date does not necessarily mean a baby is ready [...]
Sweet sixteen
Want to lighten the mood on labor day? Add these not-too-serious, actually kind-of-hilarious songs to your playlist for the big day. 1. "I Gotta Feeling" [...]
Our second princess: The birth of Selah Faith
It was a cool morning in October, and I was expecting to do another home birth with my sixth baby. I hadn't found out the [...]
School of pain
They don’t call it “labor” for nothing! The moments leading up to delivery require hard, painful work. Labor is tricky to predict or even [...]
Turn left, sleep right
Sleep for two Sleeping on your left side can benefit both you and baby. Doing so improves blood flow, increasing the amount of nutrients that [...]
Exhausted expectations
Your pregnancy test comes back positive, and you feel on top of the world. But then fatigue strikes. Although you’ve likely read about it (along [...]
Week 20: For the Love of Pulled Pork
Enjoying a big juicy burger to satisfy my preggo craving! As I stand in front of the refrigerator, the coolness wafting out, [...]
Our little peanut: The birth of Lydia Simone
Peanut Watch 2013 was a very watched event! No one knew when Peanut would be coming or just what kind of peanut we would be having. [...]
What bravery really means: The birth of Aidan
The night it happened, I awoke in sudden pain. I instinctively grasped for the opposite side of the bed, but my husband, Chris, was [...]
Worth waiting for: The birth of Olwethu
Well ... I don't know where to start. But then I was 40 weeks when I decided to go to the hospital. When I [...]
All for the best: The birth story of Lucas
My pregnancy was pretty uneventful. Mild cramping in the beginning, an irritating case of PUPPs in the third trimester (and for three weeks after birth) and [...]
Bug before baby
With morning sickness, fatigue and swollen ankles, pregnancy can really throw a body off. But when nausea turns into a full-blown stomach bug or exhaustion [...]
A speedy arrival: The birth of Abigail Rose
On September 9, 2014 at 11:20 p.m. I started having contractions five minutes apart. They were different than the Braxton Hicks contractions I had [...]
My C-section experience: The birth story of David
I knew that I would, in all likelihood, be having this baby via C-section quite early in my pregnancy. By 30 weeks he was [...]
Breastfeeding and the ACA
No matter your insurance, tucked away within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a clause that is revolutionizing breastfeeding for new and expectant mothers. Now [...]
Our darling: The birth story of Poppy
It all started Saturday night (January 18) ... David and I had been doing everything we could to try to bring on labor for [...]
My natural birth: The birth of McKayla
I hadn’t dreamed of having a natural birth. My mother’s experience with my big brother and I involved constant painful contractions with no breaks. [...]
Bump into action
If you are new to the pregnancy game, your mind is likely being pulled in a million directions at once. You’re blissfully imagining a beautiful [...]
Natural inductions
Midwife Vicki Nolan Marnin reminds us that women are not machines and that a due date does not necessarily mean a baby is ready [...]
Sweet sixteen
Want to lighten the mood on labor day? Add these not-too-serious, actually kind-of-hilarious songs to your playlist for the big day. 1. "I Gotta Feeling" [...]
