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Almost there. I will officially be “in dates” tomorrow. In order to have a home birth you have to meet the requirements to be considered low risk one of the requirements is being between 37 and 42 weeks gestation. So in another 3 hours I am in the clear. We convinced Simon with a...

A couple of weeks ago I took Simon to the Sibling Preparation class at Great Starts. This is a class designed specifically for toddlers who are about to become big brothers and sisters. I was really impressed with the curriculum and how everything was explained at an age appropriate...

In my last post I left off with my reasons for choosing a home birth and I just wanted to expand on those a bit… - Natural birth is healthiest and safest for both mom and baby Besides the obvious side effects of epidural anesthesia to the mother (Hypotension, Urinary Retention and...

Yes, I am 2 weeks behind on my maternity photos but I wanted to write a little bit about why we are choosing to have this baby at home instead of the hospital and I wanted to save this post for these photos since they were taken with my favorite midwife (who is also obviously pregnant – with...

I made it through week 33! at this point in my pregnancy with Simon I rear-ended a truck in a bad rain storm in stop and go traffic. I was only going 30 or so and there was almost no damage to the truck but my Mazda was totaled. The air bags didn’t even go off but the seat belt did that...