When labor doesn’t go the way you’re expecting
Ever since I was a toddler, I’ve wanted to be a mom. I’d dress up my baby dolls, push them in strollers, and wrap them in blankets—playing “mom” was fun for me. And I couldn’t…
Birth Story: Childbirth as a Single Mother
At 2:30 am, on a Friday night in June, I woke up from my sleep. My stomach was tight, and uncomfortable, and I felt nauseous. I was 21 years old, in an unplanned college pregnancy,…
Birth Story: A Few More Pushes, and Then Life Gets a Little More Hectic
My birth plan was simply to have a baby. I had been seeing a doctor at a local small town hospital whose philosophy of birthing was along the same lines as mine—that is, that women…
Birth Story: If You Start Hiding, That Means Baby is Coming
TOUGH PREGNANCY I need to set the stage for Mimi’s labor and delivery. This pregnancy was so tough for so many reasons! Phil was deployed to Afghanistan for half the pregnancy and that left me…
Birth Story: When Nothing Goes According to Plan
I know they call it labor for a reason. That was BY FAR the hardest thing my mind and body have ever been through. I had the smoothest pregnancy. I was 34 years young, had…
Birth Story: “I Don’t Know How to Deliver a Baby!”
On the evening of February 28th, 2018, I began experiencing contractions with my fourth baby. I wasn’t due for ten days, and my previous baby had come on his due date after twenty-one hours of…
Birth Story: There Are At Least Two Babies in There
It was election day. Part of our country was in mourning, part of our country rejoicing, and still another part just a little bewildered, as votes for Donald Trump flooded in. I was sipping my…
Birth Story: Contractzilla
I finished my Masters in Occupational Therapy degree on a Friday. We ran errands all weekend, and the following Monday was going to be my first complete, no strings attached day off in six and…
Birth Story: I Had An 11-Pound Baby
When we were expecting our first baby, my husband and I prayed often for a healthy and strong baby. Everything went smoothly during pregnancy. I put on a lot of weight, but I was not…
Flooring Renovation: Asbestos Removal and Choosing the Perfect Floor Stain
We finally completed the renovation of our first-floor flooring, and like most renovations, it was a bit more involved than we initially hoped for. When we bought the house three years ago, we knew the…
Roses are red: 8 beautiful shades of a paint color you might not realize you love
Lots of us love blues, greens, whites, and greys. And if neutrals are more your thing, you might think you need to stay far away from a color like red. But we think it’s worth…
