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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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Post-Miscarriage Reflection: How I’m Doing
It’s been more than a month since my miscarriage. Fortunately, I’m honestly feeling a lot better about it. Do you want to know what lifted my spirits the most? (Hint, it wasn’t any of the “positives” I tried to identify in the midst of the experience.). It was projecting myself into the future. A vision of our family of four (or seven if you include our bloodhound and chickens) emerged. I could see myself looking at my second child and thinking, “I’m so glad you’re here. I can’t imagine anyone but you for my second child.” Here’s my post-miscarriage-reflection, in case it is helpful to anyone else:
Post-Miscarriage Reflection:
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Henry’s Easy-Peasy Scrapbook
I don’t have much memorabilia from when I was a newborn. My mom did start a baby book for me, but it’s kind of sparse.
I knew that I wanted to document Henry’s life for him from the very beginning and in a prolific way, but I also knew that I had to keep it as simple as possible or else I wouldn’t sustain it. That’s why I turned to the Living, Growing Scrapbook idea that I’ve been using to keep a scrapbook for our family (originally inspired by Amy over at Progressive Pioneer).
It’s so very simple. It just takes a three-ring binder, plastic sheet protectors, double-sided tape, … Read More
