Have you ever seen, or read the book “Horton Hears a Who”? Do you remember the quote, “A persons a person no matter how small”. Why is it that we often find ourselves treating our own children like less than that. Have you ever gone up to a sleeping baby and touched them? Have you […]
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Why I Chose to Express Colostrum Before Giving Birth
So who here has heard of antenatal expression of colostrum before? …. That is what I thought. Very few. Which means it must be a little weird… But I’m doing it anyway. So what is antenatal expression anyway? Antenatal expression of colostrum is the practice of expressing your breast milk while pregnant. Yep! I said […]
A Pregnat Story: Round 3, Part 1
I hope you are still reading these, because this is where it gets good. This is where the hope finally starts to shine through. Photo by: Muchmore Photography After my second pregnancy, I went into “change my health mode”. I knew there was something wrong with me. I wasn’t healthy. I needed to make changes. But […]
A Pregnant Story: Rounds 1 and 2
Sadly, this is a bit of a depressing story. I never looked like I had a beautiful pregnant glow. And I certainly can’t say I felt great pregnant, or loved it. Actually I hated nearly every second of it. So I hope you can bear with me through these 2 nightmarish stories. I hope I […]
How to Cloth Diaper without Chemicals
As I have become more conscious about health, I have also become more conscious about how we affect the environment and how it then affects us back. Since disposable diapers haven’t really been around that long we don’t know for sure how long it will take for them to decompose, but the estimates are between […]
