My first birth was an unavoidable emergency cesarean section. For my second birth I was determined to do things my way. This meant a midwives assisted homebirth. This meant spending my labour baking a cake with my oldest daughter. This meant following my birth plan. My second birth went very well. I had the homebirth [...]
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I’ve been contemplating writing this since I started my blog back in January. It’s such a personal story, not many of our closest friends even know all the gory details, so to put it out there for the world to read is a big deal. I decided to write this story for the blog because [...]
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I attended the Annual Clients of out local Midwifery Group Family Picnic this weekend. It was held at the same farm I pick up my CSA share of organic veggies at each week, a gorgeous old farmstead, complete with an ancient weather-worn barn and the smell of sweet yellow, summer’s end grass. We sat in [...]
Continue reading about Monday Musings: Becoming An Attachment Parent
A few years back I was at a La Leche League meeting. Mother’s Day had just passed. We had a “round robin” question asking moms to share their Mother’s Day celebrations. Everyone had a nice story of some type: hubby brought flowers, they slept in late, had a peaceful bubble bath, older kids cooked breakfast [...]
