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Packing for the Hospital

After reading a dozen articles on what to pack for the hospital, and picking and choosing to make my own list, I finally have enough of my supplies together to begin packing. Still waiting for some shipments from Targe…
Best Baby Shower Games! Make it Fun for EVERYONE!

This past year I was lucky to be a guest at 11 baby showers. Eleven. I think there’s something in the water here in my town or the Holiday season was particularly amorous in 2012. Whatever the reason, babies are a…
The Ramblings of a Very Hormonal Obnoxious Pregnant Mama

Here I sit, 4 days from my due date, 3 weeks and 1 day into daily contractions, and I'm seriously losing my mind. Yes, I know babies come when they're good and ready. Yes, I know the longer they cook the better. Yes, I…
Inside A C-Section... Thanks To Twitter

In this day and age, social media is almost unavoidable. We want to connect with others and many of us want to share the events of our lives with friends and family. We turn to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others to…
The One Upper (When Birth Stories Are Being Shared)

We’ve all been there. Standing in formation at the park or outside the gates to pick up our children and a mom with a new baby appears. General, sometimes feigned interest ensues with the usual questions: how old…
Birth Presents: Perfect or Distasteful?

I really don’t see the big deal about mothers getting presents after the birth or adoption of a child (and I don’t call them “push presents” like others do because so many mothers have cesareans…
Ten Things I Wish I Had Known About Giving Birth

You really and truly WON’T actually care what comes out of you onto the table. Or who sees it. It’s okay to say, “No, Thank you” when the doctor holds a mirror down there while you’re cr…
My Baby and Ramblings

It is a strange thing to me to think that I now have a baby. Babies normally make me nervous. I usually look at them and think, "what now?" I generally feel quite out of my element when it comes to little human beings.…
Christian's Birth Story

As you know, Christian's birth was a scheduled c-section. My surgery was scheduled for 12:30 pm, but I had to arrive at the hospital at 10:30 am. I was surprisingly calm as I got ready to go to the hospital. I think e…
Friend's Labor and Delivery

My "BFF" of over ten years has asked that I be present (along with her husband and her mother) during the birth of her daughter. I happily agreed. I do not yet know her birth plan but intend to ask towards the end of N…