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Labor for Anna

Note: if you read this as it was happening, or later that first day, there is probably more to read, so please be sure to skim through towards the end to catch up on the end of labor and birth.

Well, for whatever ready (yes, I’m tired.. I meant reason), MV Hospital will not allow me

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Sex, SIDS, Stillbirth

I read this news story the other day, possibly, you read it too, about a 59 year old man who was illegally video taped having sex with his 50 year old comatose wife in a nursing home – where he thought he had some privacy. Now, my first thought was kind of “um, eww.. she

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Beautiful Belly Pictures

After birth, a woman’s belly is rarely ever the same as before pregnancy (let alone, multiple pregnancies!).
I never developed stretchmarks, but I did lose my pre-pregnancy, tight-muscled, flat belly. My cute little belly-button slit is now just a hole. My now-soft, stretchy-skinned belly makes funny “faces” at my kids and sends

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Breastfeeding

I am finally done. Today, June 9th, 2006, marks the last day of breastfeeding for Ry, 26 months old. He nursed this morning when he first woke up… and then we (I, specifically) were done. He wasn’t particularly happy about it, but all-in-all did really well.
I made a mental, flexible, plan to

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6 Ways to Memorialize Your Pregnancy

As featured on Mom’s Little Garden
Nine months of pregnancy seems an eternity when you get that little pink positive on the test stick. In this day and age, we no longer have to wait until we start having symptoms of pregnancy, which can start as late as 8 or 10 weeks for some. Instead, we

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Birth Stories

Pregnancy and Birth can be an amazing time for a woman. I found myself drawn to stories, images and having many questions about what if. Sharing our birth stories seemed very natural to me, even though things didn’t always go how we’d wished they would. In the end, we’ve been blessed with

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