Calling All Mamas: Get Your Birth Stories Ready

Posted Apr 27 2011 by in Birth Story Bash with 60 Comments

The thing about birth stories is that they are a lot like the babies they come with. No matter how many there are I never get tired of them. Each little face draws me in . . . just as each story does. I read your stories. Every single one you send me. I know …

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Birth Story Bash – Sebastian’s Birth

Posted Oct 26 2010 by in Birth Story Bash with 10 Comments

My husband, my two year old daughter and I moved to South America in the spring of 2009 and one of the first things I did was find a midwife even though I wasn’t pregnant again yet. I had my first baby at home in Texas with Ann Crowel, Cindy Haggerton and Ann’s apprentice, Abby. …

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Birth Story Bash: Celebrating Your Story – October 21

Posted Oct 21 2010 by in Birth Story Bash with 50 Comments

Steam is rising from my favorite red mug. The  day is clear . . . no commitments, errands to run, or phone calls to make. It’s just me, my babies and your stories. I have idea what’s coming. Poop pellets? A homebirth with an ambulance and firetruck in the driveway? How about a surprise delivery …

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83 Reasons To Hire A Birth Photographer

Posted Oct 1 2010 by in Birth with 61 Comments

“If I had to choose just one person to be at my birth, it would be Lynsey,” a close friend recently told me. I won’t get myself in trouble here by giving a pecking order of who I would choose, but let me just say that aside from my midwife, Lynsey was the first person …

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The Best Laid Plans

Posted Sep 20 2010 by in Birth with 35 Comments

I had a plan.  I had a couple different plans, actually.  There was one for the year leading up to getting pregnant—switch to organic foods and all natural soaps and lotions—and there was a plan for during the pregnancy, which was all about glowing, gentle yoga, and cute maternity clothes.  I had a birth plan …

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Thoughts on a 9/11 Baby

Posted Sep 11 2010 by in Pregnancy with 24 Comments

After absolutely no warm up anything, I started feeling some early labor stuff last night. It’s been a tough road since then. My body is urging me forward and my emotions are fighting me back. It’s September 11th.

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WINNER of the BIRTH on Labor Day Giveaway!!!

Posted Sep 10 2010 by in Favorite Things/Giveaways with 0 Comments

Congratulations, Nikki M, you’ve won 2 free tickets to see the premiere of BIRTH! You should still come see this amazing performance! If you didn’t win, Click here for tickets and don’t forget about the Birth Fair and Silent Auction from noon – 6:30pm. For more information visit BOLD Fort Worth. And Now, the Baby Update:

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BIRTH On Labor Day With Giveaway!!!

Posted Sep 6 2010 by in Favorite Things/Giveaways with 14 Comments

Not mine, of course! Or at least, not yet. I’m talking about the DFW premiere of BIRTH, a play which is often referred to as “The Vagina Monologues for Childbirth.” Most moms are fascinated by this intimate, powerful, sometimes comical subject. (If you find poop pellets comical, that is) Just last night, while I was …

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