Category Archives: Choosing your CARE and SUPPORT

Surrendering to hormones

A few months into my first pregnancy, I woke up in a mood. I quickly identified it as a hormone-induced mood. Wow, here it was. I felt totally out of control of my emotions. I was irritated and no amount of rationalizing in my head or trying to distract myself could change it. I was…

Including Others in the Birth

Jenny chose to have a natural home birth with a midwife present. This immediately made sense to her. Her Mom had done it and therefore she felt she could too. It wasn’t unfamiliar inside her family. Her Mom had experienced a home birth and her mother-in-law had experienced a natural childbirth. So there was immediate…

Birthin Them Babies

This week’s blog entry is written by Debi. Debi is a life coach, Children’s book writer (www.njoybooks.com), and regular blogger (www.njoybooks.com/sunnydays). Debi writes: Angels woke me up the night Ellie was born to let me know that she was about to arrive. I was asleep in one of our living room chairs when I was…

Making Dad a Partner in Pregnancy

I recently interviewed Stacey for the book and I was really inspired by how she created her husband as a co-parent from the very beginning – not after the baby was born, but from conception. He was a true partner during the pregnancy. I marveled at how clear she was that she needed to make…

Who Do You Talk To?

Leslie tends to be fairly open, transparent, and asks a lot of people their opinions. She certainly did this when she was considering adding to her family as a 44 year-old, recently divorced, single Mom. She asked others: What are the implications to the kid? What about the family? What about the sibling, because Leslie…

Accepting Your Circumstances

Lettie’s pregnancy – her third one – was a crazy ride. How so? In her words, “I had such a diversity of adversity.” Lettie was seeking out the care and doctor’s practice that would best fit her. She wanted a place that felt good and that would do a VBAC after 2 c-sections. She was…

What kind of support do you want?

There are increasingly more options out there for women who want to intentionally choose the type of people who will support her during her pregnancy and childbirth.  The initial options that come to mind include a doctor, a midwife, a doula and a birth partner.  And, there’s an infinite number of ways that you can…