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Daniel’s Birth Story
A lot more people are becoming interested in home birthing these days. It is a great alternative for moms who want complete control over their birthing experience, with no interference from hospital...
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Home Birth
Image by eyeliam **Note: Homebirth is a beautiful and SAFE experience for babies everywhere. Babies used to be born at home and still should be. The U.S. has the highest rate of interventions of any...
View ArticleHealthy Pregnancy Series: Writing a Birth Plan
If you haven’t been following the Healthy Pregnancy Series so far, please check out the previous posts! A birth plan is crucial in the delivery of your baby. A birth plan is your written wishes about...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: Signs of Labor
Image by space odissey **Get more natural pregnancy information at Modern Alternative Pregnancy!** First, if you’re new, you might want to check out all the older posts in the Healthy Pregnancy...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: Premature Delivery
Welcome! If you’re new, you might want to read the older posts in this series. When expecting, most women usually assume that they will carry their babies until somewhere around their due date, then...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: What to Expect in the Delivery Room
If you’re new to this series, you may want to check out the older posts first! Every successful pregnancy (i.e., ones that don’t end in miscarriage, a very unfortunate and emotional circumstance)...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: Waiting for Labor
If you’re new to this series, you may want to check out the older posts first! The end of pregnancy comes when labor finally starts. But…what happens in those last weeks when it doesn’t? For...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: Pain Management
**By the way, I’m nominated for the top 100 mom food blogs at Babble! Vote for me today! (Yes, I’m listed twice; check alphabetically because unfortunately I can’t link directly to it.)** If you’re...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: Water Birth
If you’re new to this series, you may want to check out the older posts. And yes…we are almost done now! When you’re expecting a baby, you have a lot of choices. What type of care, where to deliver,...
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Healthy Pregnancy Series: Caesarean Sections
If you’re new, you may want to check out the older posts in the series! While most babies these days are still delivered vaginally, a significant number — around 30% — are delivered via Caesarean...
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Jacob’s Birth Story
This will be the final entry in my “pregnancy journal!” Although I realized that somehow pregnancy brain got to me and I didn’t cover a lot of important issues, like why I didn’t take prenatal...
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Why Women Choose Home Birth (and Real Health Issues)
Open any website these days and you’ll find women ranting about how their access to birth control is becoming limited (although that’s a misnomer anyway; it’s not access, it’s whether or not insurance...
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THIS is How We Birth in America?
Image by koadmunkee I am incredibly annoyed and frustrated as I write this. I’m writing it because it has to be said. It’s something I’ve thought for a long time, but it’s two events that occurred...
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Nathan’s Birth Story
Nathan James, born March 10th, 2013 at 1:47 AM. He was born at home, in the water, caught by his father. 7 lbs. 11 oz. and 19″ long. I have my third little boy (and fourth child)! I am still so...
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Welcome Baby Giveaway!
In case you haven’t heard, our newest little one, Nathan, arrived on Sunday, March 10th. You can read his birth story here, if you’re curious. I partnered with several companies to offer some new...
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A Birth Story: When God’s Plan is Different from Your Plan
If you want to hear more about what I experienced in my first pregnancy, you can read about my first trimester and second trimester. I never got around to writing about my third trimester, even though...
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Start and Stop Labor: A Birth Story
Editor’s Note: Jen is a Catholic wife and mother to three little ones whose nose can usually be found buried in a book, learning once all the work is done. Or sometimes, even when it’s not! You can...
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Preparing for Baby # 4
March 19th is quickly approaching. To most that is simply another day. For me, it’s my due date. If this birth is anything like my others, the baby will be born pretty close to that date. My first...
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Why You Should Prepare for Natural Birth
By Kristen Burgess, Contributing Writer Many moms review birth options during pregnancy and decide that a natural birth would be best. Some choose a midwife, some choose a doctor with a good track...
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