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Pregnancy Story: Will Power over Hormones
 By Kathryn Caldwell
Only two days into officially knowing that I’m pregnant and I can already tell that this pregnancy is going to be very different from the last. Anyone who has had more than one [ ... ]
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Grammy's Pregnancy Memory
I am a Mom of 6 and Grammy of 14. Its been a long time since my pregnancy days, but I still get a laugh from remembering!
I grew up on a lake and water skied daily during the summer. But when I got p [ ... ]
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Little Angel
“ I need everybody to get out,” I said, as I fought against the pain of another contraction. They were growing in intensity; each time the wave of pain came I thought for sure it was going to be t [ ... ]
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That dreaded call
You know that call … the one that comes at 10:15pm while you are out with your friends for the evening, thrilled that you’re able to take some time for yourself because Daddy and Baby are looking [ ... ]
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Booby Wars
It was a decision I was on the fence about up until the very moment that I delivered my first child. I remember sitting in recovery, having my episiotomy stitched up and watching my husband hold our [ ... ]
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What If She Scares Me? One Mother's Deep Dark Secret
She’s like a steaming bowl of soup in 98 degree weather. Exactly. She’s almost too much. She’s delicious. She’s what I need and might even want, but guaranteed, she makes me sweat. Pro [ ... ]
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Life as a mom
When I first got pregnant, I was unprepared for what was to come. Life before becoming a mom, and life after...nothing prepares you for that change. No matter how ready you think you are, it is life a [ ... ]
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Timing is Everything.
My husband and I decided that we would have our second child at home. We spent the last couple of weeks before my due date preparing everything as we felt I may go into labour a bit early like I did [ ... ]
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Jesse's Birthday Story
I have had 4 pregnancies and 4 births and now have 4 wonderful albeit loud children. Each of them has a very different birth story, each terrifying and wonderful in their own way. In choosing whic [ ... ]
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My HBAC
Cody Ryan, Born at Home on March 22, 2009
I will start by saying that my idea of birth is that women grow the perfect baby for their body and give birth naturally.We had our idea of the perfect birth [ ... ]
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