1 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 1 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 1 Flares × Spring 2005 – Jon and I were eagerly anticipating the end of the academic year; he recently presented his thesis and I was finishing my first year of graduate school. On Tuesday of finals week, we… Continue reading Birth Story: Long and Unexpected

0 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 0 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 0 Flares × Many thanks to Jami Kamp for sharing her second birth story with us. Once again, we appreciate her honesty. To read her first birth story, click here. After the first pregnancy was so rough and physically… Continue reading Baby Story #2: Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Again

0 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 0 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 0 Flares × After the whirlwind excitement of finally finding out we were pregnant after 124 months of trying, it was time to get around to the nine months of pregnancy that all (well, most) mothers go through. I… Continue reading Pregnancy After Infertility: I Knew the Cliches, But I Had No Idea

0 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 0 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 0 Flares × Many thanks to Amanda Fruth for sharing her 4 birth stories with us. I have had four pregnancies, resulting in four beautiful children, and while the excitement of getting a positive on a home pregnancy test… Continue reading 4 Births. 4 Different Experiences.

766 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 764 Google+ 2 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 766 Flares × The roles of doulas can often be misunderstood or not even known. Many people have not even heard the term before or know what it means. The Greek translation of doula is “servant woman,” but the… Continue reading Debunking Five Myths of Doulas

0 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 0 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 0 Flares × Submitted by Cameron at Ingenue Mom. 9 a.m. New Year’s Day and I awake to a contraction. I had been having Braxton Hicks for weeks, but this felt different, stronger. I felt another one a few… Continue reading The Hardest Single Thing I’ve Ever Done

3 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 3 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 3 Flares × Giving birth is one of the biggest experiences of our lives. At what other point do our efforts result in bringing a new life into this world? Yet, women often go into birth with a lack… Continue reading 7 Ways to an Informed Birth

2 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 2 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 2 Flares × Thirteen years have passed since I gave birth to my first daughter, but reflecting on the moment when she was safely delivered from the darkness of my womb into a new world of light, I recall… Continue reading Birth Story: The Birth of a Mother

203 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Pin It Share 203 Google+ 0 StumbleUpon 0 Email — 203 Flares × February 7 through February 14 is Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Week. Many people have heard the words, but do they truly understand what it means or how it affects the lives of those who are… Continue reading CHD Awareness Week: Being a Heart Mom