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Home Birth Story: Welcome to the World, Tate!
I had so much fear heading into Tate’s birth. For example, I feared that it would take 45 hours like my first birth. I was also afraid that we would again have to give up hope for a home birth and transfer to the hospital. Pain during and after labor caused me fear. Finally, I had so much fear that I would make the process that much more difficult for myself. I am so relieved and overwhelmed with gratitude that the reality was so far apart from all of my fears. Here’s our home birth story:
Home Birth Story: Monday Morning
Around 5am on Monday, July 1st, I started to … Read More
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DIY Kid Pants
Thank you for all the support and love! I look forward to writing an update soon. For now, here’s a post I wrote before Tate’s arrival…Now that summer is in full swing in Austin, so are the mosquitoes. Henry must have the sweetest kind of blood or else he spends an inordinate amount of time outside or maybe his mom is adverse to using the kind of bug spray that actually works (no DEET for us) or perhaps he scratches bug bites and scabs more than the average kid.Or all of the above!I’ve tried keeping his nails really short, applying non-DEET bug spray religiously, using… Read More -
Welcome to Our Family, Tate!
Thank you, Universe, for the safe arrival of this little sweet pea!The birth was awesome and I can’t wait to tell you all about it when I’m not pecking away on my phone. He’s 10 pounds, 3 ounces!We are over-the-moon with gratitude. I hope all is well with you!
