Childbirth
Cora’s Home Birth Photos
I finally put together Cora’s birth story, and if you read it, you’ll understand why there are no pictures of the actual birth (she came fast!). But I’ve had a lot of people ask me what the biggest difference between hospital birth and home birth is, and while the birth it’s self is more relaxing [...]
It’s a Girl!
We’re so happy that the homestead grew by one this week! Cora Josephine was born into her daddy’s hands at home on July 19, 2011 at 2:32am. 8 pounds even, 20.75 inches long. We’ve been babymoonin’ all week, and resting when she sleeps as much as possible. I will try to get a few posts [...]
My Mother Blessing
Last weekend, I was blessed to have some beautiful women in my home to have a mother blessing for me. It was a nice morning, and very special. A mother blessing, sometimes called a blessingway, is kind of an alternative to a baby shower. Since this is our third baby, we really didn’t have a [...]
Stop Swallowing Watermelon Seeds and Other Goals for 2011
So twelve weeks (plus or minus a bit) ago, I swallowed a watermelon seed. This Friday we should be able to hear the heartbeat. Yep, you read that right. We are knocked up with number three here. I was going to post those pictures that women take showing their growing belly, and I thought it’d [...]
Independence Days: Weeks 20 through 22
We’ve been busy this summer and I’ve not had much time to write about it! I was privileged to go to a friend’s birth at the very end of July – it turned out to be a long birth and it took me a couple days to recover. I don’t know how those midwives do [...]
Announcing: Sweet Sprouts!
I’m officially a certified childbirth educator, complete with birth charts, business cards and a WEBSITE. Please make sure to check out SweetSprouts.org!!! You can also become a Fan on Facebook or follow SweetSprouts on Twitter. The blog has been up for a while now (since the beginning of the year), and my readership keeps increasing, [...]
Birth Blog
Well – here’s part one of my new business: the blog. It will eventually be a part of my main website, but I’ve hired someone to build that for me and it’s not done yet. But I can do the blog part myself, so this is what I have so far – more to come, [...]
Wordless Wednesday: The Final Countdown
It gets mailed in Monday… wish me luck!
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3 kids, 8 chickens, bees and a garden on my urban 1/8 acre. Striving to find the simple life - the easy way. I spend my free time blogging and getting dirt under my nails along side my hard-working husband. Yay for modern housewifery, urban livestock and front yard gardens!
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