When Matt and I were planning our wedding, I would go through phases of insecurity related to blogging about the experience and sharing it with others. I would write a post about how we were doing x, y, and z, and then I would stop and wonder, “But what if it totally fails? What if the event feels completely ‘budget’ and ‘tacky’ because we did x, y, and z? Maybe I shouldn’t be putting any of these ideas out into the universe until I know they actually work?”

I think I’ve been feeling something similar about our home birth experience. I haven’t talked much about it because if something

Some homemade hummus I made a while ago

I joked with Matt, my marathon-running husband, that the only marathon I’ll ever run is giving birth to our children.

As I prepare for The Big Day (or The Big Two Days or The Big Three Days!), I’m trying to figure out what kind of food I’ll want to consume during labor to keep my energy up. My midwife has recommended that I eat at least every four hours and consume at least 8 ounces of water or red raspberry tea every hour.

I’ve heard that my appetite will start to disappear as I get deeper and deeper into labor, so