birth

My Birth Story, Part 5: The Night of No Sleep

Author’s note: This is the fifth of a ten-part series recapping and examining the birth story of my Itty Bitty. Birth is a beautiful experience, but some can find the contents of the topic a bit squeemish. In light of this, please note that these posts are neither too graphic, nor are they full of […]

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HOW TO MAKE POSTPARTUM PADSICLES / PADSICKLES

*Quick note – so many of you have found your way here from Baby Center & Pinterest – Welcome and thank you for visiting! I hope this step by step postpartum padsicle (or padsickle ) recipe is useful to you. Please feel free to leave any questions or comments, as I will be sure to […]

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What To Pack In Your Maternity Hospital Bag

As of 35 weeks of being pregnant, my doctor had asked hubby and I to make sure our hospital bag was packed. Thank goodness we too her advice, because our tiny baby decided to show up a couple of weeks early! There are tons of long lists out there, but I thought I’d give it […]

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Tall Mom Had Her Tiny Baby

Sorry for the brief hiatus. Mid last week I noticed that my body was starting to give me some symbols that the times were-a-changin’, and boy were they! Photo credit: Erica Shea, of Blessed Beginnings How the week unfolded will be a seperate blog post, but I wanted to let you know that we welcomed […]

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