I love reading birth stories. As another of 3 myself, I’ve experienced the joys and frustrations of birth three separate times and reading about other people’s experiences is always interesting to me. But I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in comment sections around the internet. I’m seeing a lot of negative comments about Birth Plans. You can sum up the majority of these comments as saying “Ha! You can’t plan for birth. That baby is going to do what it wants and you don’t get a say.” But that’s just not true. At all.
Pregnancy
Belly Bedaine Momveste 3 in 1 Nursing top Review
I am currently nursing my 1 year old son, Littlest. He is at that stage where he really just nurses before and after naps and for comfort throughougt the day. Our goal is to self wean, and so I want him to nurse on his own terms. For that reason, I like to wear nursing apparel to make breastfeeding as accessible to him as possible. I have a small collection of nursing tops so when Belly Bedaine reached out to me and offered some of their products to try, I was thrilled! Trying a new brand is always an exciting…
Why I am Choosing a Midwife
Let me state here and now that I know that pregnancy and childbirth is different for everyone. Your feelings and wants for your own birth might be very different from mine, and I support that completely. I’m an advocate for all womens birth choices, and promote education, thought and discussion. Above all, I support a world where women support eachother with love and kindness. So, with that comment-diffusing disclaimer out of the way…
Fertility Optimization
I am currently Trying to Conceive our 3rd child. It’s been an interesting journey! My 2nd child is 18 months old, and hubby and I have been TTC since last summer. We have had our ups and downs, of course, and even took a break from the stress of it all in the fall. But with renewed effort we are back at it again. Charting, ovulation kits, the whole shebang- including Holistic efforts as well.
