“Love Letters” In honor of Valentine’s Day, today’s #30Crafts theme is focused on LOVE. Although technically the idea is really more of an activity, it can easily be turned into a project of “Love Letters.” During my Bradley Method childbirth class, our teacher had us do a wonderful exercise with our partner: to list 5
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Optimal Fetal Positioning by Amy Fuller Reprinted with permission from Doula Momma’s site. Original link can be found here. ‘Optimal Fetal Positioning‘ (OFP) is a theory developed by a midwife, Jean Sutton, and Pauline Scott, an antenatal teacher, who found that the mother’s position and movement could influence the way her baby lay in the
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Special Scars Week was prematurely wrapped up. This post, and the one to follow on optimal fetal positioning, are the last two in our series on Special Scars. Finding a care provider after a Special Scar By Katie Perez After a Special Scar cesarean, it can be a challenge for the woman to grapple with
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One thing I love about this craft is how very personal you can make it. The creation of the cards can be a reflection on your own unique style, and the messages you put on the cards can be really personalized to the recipient of the affirmations. From simple messages like “I am a wonderful
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Special Scars Week on the Blog has come to an end. I would like to take the time to personally thank Jessica Tiderman & Katie G. Perez of Special Scars~Special Women for their collaboration on this very special project. It’s been an amazing week full of resources, support, information, and beautifully inspiring birth stories from
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One of my favorite pleasures when pregnant with my first was to curl up with a nice cup of red raspberry tea. I had ordered bulk tea direct from Catherine Young, who founded The Compleat Mother magazine back in the day. She died on September 11th, 2001 of breast cancer. Every year on a day
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Kage’s Birth Story I have had 3 c sections; my first was an inverted T incision all of them within 18 months of each other. I have 4.5 year old twins, 3 year old, and an 18 month old. I had no idea I could VBAC no one ever said I could or even mentioned
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Our first child, Emelie, was born January 19, 2007. It was an amazing experience, the best experience of my life up to that point. It was fairly quick and easy for a first baby, lasting only about 5 hours, but it was pretty intense. In the end, though it was awesome, there were a few
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Chloe’s story and beautiful pictures are also available at this link. A Birth / Love Story – Background – A brief background – in 2004, I was induced at 40+10 with my first son. The induction was painful, humiliating and terrifying. My epidural did not work entirely leaving me a window of pain next to
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It’s some time early morning. Why am I awake? I roll over and look at my phone. 6am. Sigh. I roll back over and notice my back has a slight ache. And then I get a light braxton hick. I find this strange because even though I have been having them, 10 minutes apart for
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