Archive for September, 2009

Birthin Them Babies

September 24, 2009 at 7:25 pm · Filed under Choosing your care and support, Experiencing the miracle of birth ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

This week’s blog entry is written by Debi. Debi is a life coach, Children’s book writer (www.njoybooks.com), and regular blogger (www.njoybooks.com/sunnydays).

Debi writes: Angels woke me up the night Ellie was born to let me know that she was about to arrive. I was asleep in one of our living room chairs when I was awakened by the absolute knowing that birth was about to begin. As I arose from the chair, I thought how crazy that was, because there were no obvious signs that that was the case. I went into the bedroom and lay down when suddenly my water broke. From all the literature I had read, we had loads of time before having to arrive at the hospital, so I took my time taking a shower, blow drying my hair, preparing myself. I was still feeling good, just occasionally a slight contraction that would slow me down. My husband, Thom began timing my contractions and he realized that we needed to be at the hospital five minutes ago. Weird. I was still feeling like taking my time. Read the rest of this entry »

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Having Conversations that We Have No Practice Having

September 15, 2009 at 5:11 pm · Filed under Dealing graciously with others' advice and reactions, Transforming the conversation ·Tagged , , , , ,

Pregnancy is such a personal experience. The thoughts and emotions are different for everyone. It’s a common phenomenon that is experienced differently by each individual. We don’t know how to relate to it.

For example, a woman being less than enthusiastic about her pregnancy is a conversation that is not easy for many of us. We don’t have practice with it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Making Dad a Partner in Pregnancy

September 2, 2009 at 10:51 pm · Filed under Choosing your care and support, Transforming the conversation ·Tagged , , , ,

I recently interviewed Stacey for the book and I was really inspired by how she created her husband as a co-parent from the very beginning – not after the baby was born, but from conception. He was a true partner during the pregnancy. I marveled at how clear she was that she needed to make sure they were a team. She said that she had to reach out in ways that were – at times – not natural. Read the rest of this entry »

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Don’t Judge Me From This Snapshot!

September 1, 2009 at 12:53 am · Filed under Transforming the conversation ·Tagged , ,

The other night my husband was walking with my 2-year-old daughter to the local playground. As they walked, they passed 2 ladies with 2 big dogs. Our daughter, as the big dogs got closer, got nervous. She started making little whimpering noises and raised her arms up to indicate to Dad that she wanted to be picked up. My husband scooped her up and together they said hello to the dogs. As they walked on toward the playground, my husband hears one of the ladies loudly talking about how he is raising his daughter wrong and that he is teaching her to be afraid of dogs. It infuriated him. Read the rest of this entry »

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