Today Everly is 3 weeks old, we’ve been parents to our beautiful daughter for 21 days. 21 days seems like way more than it currently feels like. Shoot, I am still in a daze and haven’t quite grasped that she came from me and how truly amazing that is. We’ve started printing out some of […]
Tag: birth
Baby Everly is 2 days old!
11:26:24 AM: She is crashed out on my lap right now and we are finally coming out of our daze. 11:30:11 AM: We are heading home tomorrow and all is going well. The stitches are killing me… 11:31:27 AM: and we are still trying to get the hang of breastfeeding. 11:33:03 AM: It all hasnt […]
My water broke, baby is coming. A Twitter live blog
June 22nd 2009 7:45:15 AM: My water broke at 7:30 am! 39 weeks 5 days pregnant. Here we go! 9:40:53 AM: I’ll do my best to keep sharing labor updates. Woot! Baby time! 9:49:13 AM: http://twitpic.com/83ov0 – Just finished the lettering. 10:46:21 AM: Blogged: My water broke at 7:30 am! 39 weeks 5 days pregnant. […]
Still not in labor.
6:16:46 PM: Well i am 39 weeks pregnant now and still waiting. All kinds of stuff is happening with us. 6:19:24 PM: My mom made it here and is going 100 miles a min, thinks that is good for getting labor started. N is finishing his work day 6:21:21 PM: He cant wait too get […]
The art of crotchsicles for home birthing.
Take your ingredients… Combine them and soak some pads! Soak the pads good! They will swell. Place them in a plastic bag. Freeze those babies good… …and after birth you will a nice soothing frozen pad for the vagina. Arnica is for soreness and bruising, witch hazel is an astringent that soothes irritated tissues and […]
Tuesday update from The Farm
2:03:36 PM: Went in to Columbia to meet the back up doc today. Still gaining weight. 2:20:27 PM: Pamela says we look to be on track for a short delivery. Not so short that N wont make here though. 2:24:59 PM: I am almost 100% effaced, baby’s station is about -1 and I am now […]
… and the waiting game begins.
7:08:21 PM: N just headed back home and I am here crying my eyes out. 7:09:56 PM: Pamela brought me some dinner from her garden. 7:12:41 PM: I am still holding at 1 cm and Taters head is way low. The wait really begins now! 7:50:09 PM: Blogged: … and the waiting game begins. http://tinyurl.com/mgpzyw
LiveBlog: Tornado Watches give me contractions!
4:42 PM Sitting out the tornado warning, lights are flickering. Me and the cats are hanging out in the down stairs bathroom. Fun times! 5:00 PM: RT @Jeff_Lyons: “Tornado Watch for most of the tri-state now in effect until midnight cdt” That means me! What about the Evansville Birth Network meeting tonight? 5:11 PM http://twitpic.com/75cxo […]
36 Weeks and 6 days pregnancy TMI update
12:05:17 PM: Just lost some of my mucus plug, 1 cm dilated as of yesterday.12:14:27 PM: Sitting down for pancakes and bacon with N now. 1:07:57 PM: It is so exciting to know that progress is being made as far as having the baby goes. 1:09:08 PM: N and I were talking about how Tater […]
36 week progress, practice labor? We'll see!
5:42:00 PM: Childbirth update: Non-hurty contraction, baby fish flops and swims around, repeat contraction, repeat baby movement, repeat contraction… 6/1/2009 4:15 – tightening, no pain, eating a sandwich and sitting at kitchen table 4:46 – tightening, discomfort, no cramping or stabbing pain, sitting at kitchen table- Left front hip hurts, right lower back/ hip hurts […]
Testing the live blog tweeting…
10:08:39 PM: Having some practice contractions… Need to make dinner. 10:12:22 PM: Loving my new wordpress/ twitter blogging plugin I just installed! http://tinyurl.com/czxb9c Gonna use it 2 tweet my birth!
Got some plants on the way and some animal drama for my birthday.
Today has started off with a bang! For starters it is my birthday. I am feeling better than yesterday, thank goodness and I know I’ll feel even better tomorrow when we go to see Pamela at The Farm. I am still having fun entering all sorts of giveaways to try winning some of the things […]
Home birthing supply kit and Tater preparations.
I still can’t believe I am a pregnant lady! Spending my days at home doesn’t provide much opportunity for getting dressed up in much more than PJ’s or workout clothes. Naturally I have not been able to see just how pregnant I truly am since I am not getting dressed up and going many places […]
Evansville Indiana Alternative Birthing Options & Research get involved home birth advocacy pregnancy
Lets take back our birthing rights!
Did you know the United States is ranked 29th (among industrialized countries) with regards to infant mortality rate? “Since ranking a fairly respectable 12th in 1960, the U.S. fell to an all-time low 29th in the world in infant mortality in 2004, according to the report Recent Trends in Infant Mortality in the United States […]
Watch Freebirthing on Discovery Health next week!
The Discovery Health channel will be airing “Freebirthing” several more times next week if you are at all interested in alternative birthing practices. Freebirthing is basically unassisted childbirth, women who usually have low risk pregnancies learn about the birth process and carry it out on their own without doctors or midwives. They simply tune in […]