Category Archives: TRANSFORMING the conversation about pregnancy

When you really don’t want what you want…

I’m done breastfeeding my son and I’m sad about it. I want to still be breastfeeding. I want to have my nuzzle time with him. I want to know that I’m feeding him nutrition-packed breast milk. I want to take bottles to daycare with red labels (breast milk) instead of white labels (formula). I want…

Can you create your own luck?

I co-facilitated a Tiara Teleconnect conference call the day after St. Patrick’s Day about how to create luck. (You can listen to the recorded call by going to the “Community – Listen in” section of the Tiara Coaching website www.tiaracoaching.com). It’s an interesting concept. Can you create your own luck? Well, we assumed that you…

Is It Worth It?

Here’s the harsh truth. Before I became a mother, I wondered if it would be worth it. I was going to waddle around pregnant, painfully push them out of my body, and endure years when they will think I’m stupid and embarrassing. Who wants that? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

What we learn from the baby in the belly

There are reasons that pregnancy is nine months long (or ten months long, depending on how you count). Do you agree? There are things that I needed to learn before my baby came out of the womb. On a basic level, there were shifts occurring in my daily routine – drinking very little alcohol, not…

We all know what happens when we assume!

We all know what happens when we assume, yet is it SO easy to do. I know I assume, especially when someone is experiencing something that I’ve already experienced. I know what she is feeling, right? I’ve been there. Well, I may not at all. There are things that I don’t know about her set…

Update from Christi

Christi writes, “I interviewed with you for the book in the early stages of my pregnancy (my second). Just wanted to let you know that my visualizations worked – on Sunday, I had a GLORIOUS, triumphant homebirth with my son, Henry! Exactly how I pictured it. It took a lot of work on my part…

When the going gets tough…

I’ve interviewed over 60 women about the choices they made during their pregnancies and about how they dealt with any challenging circumstances that came up. And, we women are amazing! I have been and continue to be so inspired by what women do. And, we all do it differently. We find our unique perspectives and…

I miss being automatically noticed as special…

When you’re in your later stages of pregnancy, everyone automatically knows about something special going on in your life…your pregnancy! It’s pretty obvious. And, I thought that was nice. People commented on it, you got to talk about yourself and your baby, what was going on, what you were looking forward to. It was a…

When I knew I was neurotic…

It was the second night in the hospital after my daughter, my eldest, was born. My husband had spent the night in the hospital the first night of her life and the second night, I sent him home to get a good night’s rest. He had just left and they were taking my daughter to…

Honoring each others’ choices

When it comes to the choices that we make around pregnancy and child birth, we are talking about choices that are very personal to the women and partners that make them.  Often people are extremely passionate about their choices and why they’ve made them. I’ve spoken with women who have felt judged simply because they…