pregnancy – whiskey wine & sunshine

July 28, 2022

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…
September 6, 2019

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…
July 15, 2019

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…
June 30, 2013

Trust

as i spend some time in texas with the fam, i’ve had some time to reflect and ponder as my ‘normal’ responsibilities are fewer here than at my own home where chores must be done and animals must be fed. we are patiently waiting for my nephew (?) to make his debut onto Earth. he…

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