Oh tears … I just lost my entire week 4 post with a little internet cut/paste hiccup :( Normally I would re-type it, but today Jemma and I are just bumming around trying to survive the final weeks of pregnancy and dare I say the beginning of some 2-year-old woes. For example, girlfriend just hopped […]
Hypnobabies | Week 3 | Parenting Is Full of Choices
I must admit, Hypnobabies is most likely a much easier birth study to do while pregnant sans toddler. Finding quiet times to read, study, and listen has been few and far between. I honestly feel like I’m failing at it. But, I’m trying, I really am. And these last few weeks I’m buckling down and […]
Hypnobabies | Week 2 | Call Me a Carnivore
Having a Great Birth Starts with Staying Healthy and Low RiskBefore pregnancy I never thought much about nutrition. I learned about the food pyramid (which has since been replaced by the plate visual), but that was about the extent of it. Pregnancy opened up my mind to all sorts of foods – especially protein options. […]
Hypnobabies | Week 1 | Buffalo of Peace
Learning to Create Positive ChildbirthOne of my biggest take aways from this week was the power of words. Words are amazing. They can convey beauty, hurt, pain; they are one of our greatest tools in sharing emotion. Many words associated with birth have negative associations and Hypnobabies hits the nail on the head when they […]
Bring On the Calm – Hypnobabies for Birth #2
Joining Julie at A Little Bit of All of It for her Preparing for Birth Series. This week’s focus is Childbirth Education. Want to participate? Learn about all the upcoming topics here! During my first pregnancy Dominic and I took Bradley classes. It was the perfect fit for us as first time parents since it […]