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Those sunny San Diego days…
How looking backwards in Motherhood evokes both grief and gratitude. I was sitting with my youngest on the couch this afternoon after dropping her older sisters at the dance studio. She wanted to watch PBS Kids since she rarely has control of the remote and is able to chose what to watch (thanks, 12 year…
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Settling Into Motherhood
Motherhood wasn’t a choice for me. It accidentally fell into my lap. And while I am THANKFUL for that as I do not believe I would have ever woken up one day and made a choice to become pregnant, it wasn’t something I was all that prepared for, or knew how to navigate. The thing…
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Some news to share…
So, this is happening. Oops, we did it again. Ha! When we excitedly told some family members a while back that we were expecting a third baby, one of them said, “oh, and are we happy about this?’ I wasn’t quite sure how to answer that….what kind of question is that? YES OF COURSE WE…
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Gather the Village
Now, more than ever, Krystal needs a Village. She has created such a beautiful one for all of us….it’s our turn to do the same for her and her family.
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Backed Into a [Home Birth] Corner: the fiction of “due dates”
Most families who choose home birth for their baby’s birth make that choice after a traumatic experience during a hospital birth, which typically involves anything from loss of autonomy and control to abusive and coercive treatment from “care” providers. The majority of those mothers leave birth feeling as if they were backed into a corner…
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