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a drop of estrogen in a sea of testosterone

Birthy Things

I had great intentions of posting my “birth wants” here before C arrived and that never happened. I decided to post what I had discussed with my doulas beforehand, as well as my midwives, and share if I, well essentially, got what I wanted This is what I gave to my midwives as my essentials: [...]

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Wed, September 22 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Growing by leaps and bounds!

If you follow our family blog, you may have heard the news, if not… ::Drumroll Please:: We are expecting our 3rd little one! We are so excited, we just can’t keep our mouths shut about it I mentioned a couple things on our family blog and I’ll summarize here: I’m about 5 weeks along, sick, [...]

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Mon, December 28 2009 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments

The Top 5 Reasons I Had a Doula

(for the lack of a better title, lol) I’ve had more than enough people ask why we chose to have another person in the room with us for B’s birth (it ended up being another two people, and I’m sure many more that I was unaware of!) I’m sure I’ll never be able to list [...]

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Fri, August 28 2009 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment