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New Baby Essentials for Mom & Baby + Colic Relief

By Summer

colic relief for baby, safe colic relief, medicine for colic,

Friends don’t let friends buy their pregnant friends receiving blankets. Here are the new-baby essentials for both baby and mom that will have mom singing your praises during that first 3am colic attack.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Pregnancy, Women

What’s Worse – C-Section or Vaginal Birth?

By Summer

Did I REALLY just watch this segment on “The Doctors”? I sure did. Dr. Lisa Masterson, along with Jillian Michaels just hosted a segment called, “What’s Worse, Natural Birth or C-Section”. If you have any intelligence whatsoever, you will know the the correct answer is, “C-Section”.  It is a surgery where doctors cut through the…

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Filed Under: Drug-Free Childbirth, Family, Pregnancy Tagged With: Childbirth, Thoughts, TV

mURPHY’S lAW mONDAY

By Summer

Things happen in my life on a near-daily basis that prove Murphy’s Law as truth. Each Monday is now dedicated to showcasing my life’s crazy moments. If it can happen, it will happen. My third, wonderful child was born exactly 8 weeks ago today.  That Monday, Murphy’s Law was tested. I was admitted into the hospital the…

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Filed Under: Drug-Free Childbirth, Family, For a Laugh, Uncategorized Tagged With: Comedy, family, Murphy's Law

Benefits of Massage During Labor

By Summer

I’m writing this as I wait for my doctor to approve some massage therapy for the horrendous muscle spasms I’ve been having in my rib cage this week.  I’ve never been in so much pain in my life.  Not even during labor, and here’s why I think my labor experiences have been so fantastic, and…

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Filed Under: Drug-Free Childbirth, Natural Childbirth Tagged With: epidurals, Labor & Delivery, Massage

Madilyn’s Birth Story – Verified by Snopes

By Summer

This is NOT a fish tale.  I repeat:  This is NOT a fish tale. Everything said here is to-the-minute truth.  I have witnesses who will be happy to verify the facts contained herein because it’s not really verified by Snopes.  Although that would be cool. I decided to share this because over the course of…

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Filed Under: Bed Rest, Birth, Natural Childbirth Tagged With: Childbirth, unbelievable

Bed Rest – Really Necessary?

By Summer

“Bed Rest”. I think that these are two of the most feared words of all pregnant women. Many of us joke about how nice it would be to be sentenced to bed 24 hours a day/7 days per week; one long, uninterrupted nap sounds great doesn’t it?   But the fact of the matter is…

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Filed Under: Bed Rest, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy Tagged With: bed rest

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